| "The more that you read,
The more things you will know,
The more that you learn,
The more places you'll go!"
~Dr. Seuss~
Helping Your Child Read At Home
When helping your child read at home, several strategies may be used to
aid in decoding unknown words. Here are a few strategies to help
your child become a better reader.
* Tell the child to look at the picture. You may tell the child the word
is something that can be seen in the picture, if that is the case.
* Tell the child to look for chunks in the word, such as "it" in sit, or
"at" in cat, or "ot" in hot.
* Ask the child to get his/her mouth ready to say the word by shaping the
mouth for the beginning letter.
* Ask the child if the word looks like another word he/she knows. Does
cook look like book? Or hat like cat?
* Ask the child to go on and read to the end of the sentence. Often by
reading the other words in context, the child can figure out the unknown
word.
* If the child says the wrong word while reading, ask questions like:
Does it make sense?
Does it sound right?
Does it look right?
" A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at
explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding."
~Dwight D. Eisenhower~
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