Text Box: Read Together   Text Box: Read Every Day Text Box: Practicing Reading Strategies Text Box: Help your child become more engaged in reading by encouraging the following reading strategies.  There is a difference between word calling and successful reading.  Good readers use these strategies to understand what they are reading.  Your child will learn to use these strategies throughout the year.  You should only focus on one strategy at a time.  *  Visualization: Ask your child to picture the story in their mind as you read to them. *  Retelling: After you read a story, ask your child to tell you or someone else what happened in the story. *  Prediction: While reading, stop at various points and talk with your child about what might happen next.                                               *  Make Connections:  Help your child make a connection to the book.  Ask if the book reminds them of another book or anything that has happened to them or someone they know. *  Questioning the Text:  Help your child think about questions they have regarding the text before, during, and after they read. *  Use strategies to “fix” decoding problems they have within the text. Using what they know about letter sounds, chunks, and patterns to break down the unknown words and “attack” them.                                     **During the kindergarten year these strategies should be practiced while reading together.   Text Box: Read Every Day with your Child: · Set aside 15 to 30 minutes each day when you can give your full attention to reading with your child, such as before he or she goes to bed.  A predictable routine will give you special time together as well as help your child learn to read.  Remember, a beginning reader needs a quiet surrounding to focus on the text.  So, eliminate distracters, such as televisions and computers while reading. · Other times to read:         *  While waiting for a doctor’s              appointment.         *  At the ball field between games.         *  In the car. · Help your child get a library card and visit the library regularly. · Visit book stores, such as Barnes & Noble or Books-A-Million. · Read a variety of genres:                  *non-fiction, children’s magazines, poetry, song lyrics,  rhymes, instructions, recipes, lists, signs, and labels. · Remember, your child still wants to be read to.  Hearing you read helps to  build fluency and vocabulary skills.            Text Box: Reasons to Read with your Child: · When you sit with your child and read they know you love them and appreciate them. They also feel pride in their accomplishments. · Reading to them will encourage them to become readers. · Children will grow to love books. · Reading books can enrich our minds. Before you start... · Read the title of the book. · Ask your child to use the pictures on the front cover to guess what the book is about. While you read... · Point to pictures to help your child understand the story. · Stop and talk about what is happening during the story. · Make predictions about what is to come. After you read… · Ask your child: Did the story remind you of something else?  Do you remember when…? · Ask what your child liked or didn’t like about the story and characters. “There is no more important activity for preparing your child to succeed as a reader than reading aloud together.” - Anonymous

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