Reading Tips For Baggy Book Parents
The end of the first quarter is here! Parent/Teacher Conferences are October 19 from 1:00 P.M.- 7:00 P.M. I plan to be in my classroom #15, unless I have a scheduled conference in another classroom. Please stop by to visit with me about your child's reading.
Kindergarten, first, and second grade teachers often give children a nightly assignment to read aloud for 10 to 20 minutes. Here are some tips to help you understand how best to use nightly reading time.
- Do not skip this time. A half hour every week does not begin to help as much as a few minutes each night.
- Choose the right time. Always try to find a time when your child will cooperate, when neither of you are pushing to just finish homework. Find a time that works for you and your child.
- Sit side by side with your child. Children want to please adults and will try their best to sound knowledgeable while reading.
- Let your child to use all of the books resources. At the Emergent Level ( when your child is learning sight words, short vowels and mostly individual letter sounds ) allow them to use all of the resources of the book, including pictures. The point of emergent readers is to learn sight words, use left to right reading orientation and realize each word is separate, to utilize pictures and to experience reading success.
- Do not "tell" words. At the developing level, as your child reads to you, let them use word solving strategies.
- Do not stop reading aloud to your child. Adults can read such a great variety of stories and expose children to a huge amount of vocabulary that children cannot access on their own.
- Lastly, discuss what was read. This helps your child understand the point of reading is to understand, and just not "word recall".
Hope to see you at Parent/Teacher Conferences.
Happy reading,
Ms. Wood
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