• Reading The most important thing your child will learn to do this year is read!

    Reading is like playing a sport. If a person wants to be a good basketball player, he/she needs to practice, practice, practice. The same goes for good readers - you have to put in the extra time and effort if you want to be good at it! Reading needs to become a part of your child's daily routine. Your child's educational success depends upon the habits you start in early elementary school.

  • 15-20 minutes

    of reading

    every day

    is plenty

    for a beginning reader!
  • Here you will have access to the skills we are learning each week.

  • How to Read with a Beginning Reader:

    • Encourage your child to use his/her finger to point to each word.
    • Read a sentence and have your child repeat it.
    • Take turns reading a sentence each or a page each.
    • Talk about the story as you read it. What do you think will happen next? What does this story remind you of? How do you think this character feels?
    • Don't be afraid to read the same book again! Repeated reading help build reading fluency!

     

    How to Check for Understanding:

    • Start the book by making predications. What do you think will happen in this story?
    • Ask questions and make comments DURING the reading process.
    • After reading a book, have your child tell you the events from the story in the correct order.
    • What was the problem in this story?
    • How did the character feel when...?
    • Encourage your child to make connections. Does this story remind you of another book you read, an event in your life, a movie?