Reading With Your Child

Teach me so I can do it myself

Ask the reader to:

Summarize
A brief retelling of the story

Sequence
Recall the order in which things happened

Explain to me what you just read. What was the story about and what was your favorite part? Tell me something you learned from what you just read.

Does what I read remind me of anything?

What happened first, next, and last in the story? Tell me four important parts in the story in the order that they happened. Retell the story in your own words.

Make Connections

What do you think will happen in the story?

Predict

Does this story remind you of another story you have read or heard? Did any events in this story remind you of something you have done or might do? Has anything that happened in the story happened to someone you know?

What do you think will happen next? What do you think the character will choose to do? How do you think the story will end? Predict what the characters will do in another story about them.

GUIDELINES
1. 2. 3. 4. Make reading an enjoyable experience. Encourage success! Remember there is reading TO, reading WITH, reading BY the child. Allow the child to use the visual clues in the story. Encourage making connections to their personal lives and listen actively to the connections that are made.

5. The best way to grow as a reader is to allow them to 6.

read, read, read. The best way to grow as a writer is to write, write, write.

READING IS THINKING!

If children arent reading for meaning they arent reading at all. Reading is NOT pronouncing words. ~ Paul Jennings

QUESTIONS TO ASK WHILE READING

Does it look right?

Does it sound right?

Does it make sense?

Any strategy that leads to suffering is the wrong strategy. ~ Paul Jennings
1. Before reading, glance through the book first and explain any difficult words. Then, while reading, if your child comes to a word he or she doesnt know, try these strategies 2. Ignore the mistake. (If the meaning is not lost, i.e.: crab vs. crustacean) 3. Tell the word as soon as the child hesitates (To eliminate frustration) 4. Suggest the child look at the picture for a clue. (To set them up for success!) 5. Suggest the child skip the word and read on for more information.

STRATEGIES