Reading Hints
-Reading is a "group effort"
Teacher and parent(s) working together with the child will enable him/her to succeed in reading. Here are some suggestions to help your child become a successful reader.
Reading Strategies
Check Pictures - Look at the illustrations for a clue.
Guess and Go - Guess what word would make sense and try it in the sentence.
Guess and Check - Guess what word would make sense and check to see if the letters in the printed word match your guess.
Running Start - Go back to the beginning of the sentence and start again.
Word Find - Find the word on a previous page.
Sound It Out - Use the phonics rules that we have learned in class.
Chunk It Up - Break the word in parts containing 2-3 letters.
Word in a Word - Look for words within words.
Base Word Find - Cover the suffixes and prefixes to find the base word.
Help your child find a book that he/she can read independently - not too easy and not too hard.
Five Finger Rule - While reading the first page of a book, count the words your child is unable to read. If there are five or more unknown words, the book is too hard for now.
Fluency - An easy book is ideal for helping your child to read aloud smoothly and with expression.
Teacher and parent(s) working together with the child will enable him/her to succeed in reading. Here are some suggestions to help your child become a successful reader.
Reading Strategies
Check Pictures - Look at the illustrations for a clue.
Guess and Go - Guess what word would make sense and try it in the sentence.
Guess and Check - Guess what word would make sense and check to see if the letters in the printed word match your guess.
Running Start - Go back to the beginning of the sentence and start again.
Word Find - Find the word on a previous page.
Sound It Out - Use the phonics rules that we have learned in class.
Chunk It Up - Break the word in parts containing 2-3 letters.
Word in a Word - Look for words within words.
Base Word Find - Cover the suffixes and prefixes to find the base word.
Help your child find a book that he/she can read independently - not too easy and not too hard.
Five Finger Rule - While reading the first page of a book, count the words your child is unable to read. If there are five or more unknown words, the book is too hard for now.
Fluency - An easy book is ideal for helping your child to read aloud smoothly and with expression.