STRATEGIES TO USE WHEN
READING WITH YOUR CHILD TO ENCOURAGE GROWTH IN HIS/HER FLUENCY AND
COMPREHENSION
- Discuss
what is happening in the pictures, and identify important vocabulary.
- It’s
important to model fluent reading to your child. Use plenty of expression in your voice. Your child will understand better and will
begin to copy it during his/her own reading.
- Watch
for frustration; if your child does not know a word, try on of these
strategies:
- Have him/her skip the word and read to the
end of the sentence, then go back and try to figure out the word that would
make sense in the sentence (use context clues).
- Help him/her try to sound it out.
- If there are pictures in the book, direct
your child to the picture that will offer him/her a clue.
- Give him/her the word before frustration
sets in. Tolerance for these strategies
will depend on the individual child.
Some questions to ask: Pick only a few to focus on per session.
After reading the title and browsing the first page or two, what do you think the story is about?
How do you think _________ feels right now? Why?
Where did the story take place?
What do you predict will happen next? (After reading) Did your previous prediction happen or not?
How do you think the story will end?
What happened in the beginning? In the middle? In the end?
What problem did the main character have and what did he/she do to solve it?
Why did you enjoy the story?