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Enhancing Literacy Skills at Home - A Guide for Parents

Discover effective strategies to increase literacy at home for children of different reading levels. Find resources, books, and tools to engage your child and make learning fun. Create a conducive learning environment that fosters reading habits.

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Enhancing Literacy Skills at Home - A Guide for Parents

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  1. “Increasing Literacy at Home” Presented by: Mr. Goldsmith & Ms. Frederique

  2. Picking the Right Books • Know your child’s reading level • Report card grade level • schools NWEA Lexile Testing • readtheory.org • razkids.com • What grade is each level? • Now find books on that level • https://lexile.com/

  3. Can’t Find Books- Try Hi-Lo Books Hi-Lo books are written at lower levels than the interest level for struggling readers. • Books • http://www.sdlback.com/ • https://www.storyshares.org/books • Hi-Lo Book List • Text • https://www.commonlit.org/ • http://tweentribune.com/ • https://newsela.com/

  4. Five Finger Rule • Open the book to any page. • Read the words on that page. • Count the number of words that you cannot read. • Use your fingers to help you decide if this is a good book to read.

  5. Asking the Right Questions • Don’t just ask questions at the end. • It’s important to check for understanding before, during and after reading.

  6. Use Their Interest • I-Pad Applications • The iPad, which offers dozens of applications designed to meet the needs of learning disabled kids and beginning readers alike. • Children’s books made into movies • Read song lyric and talk about them • Use filters to find books by topic • Let them read what they like! (magazines, comics, et.)

  7. Make Your Home Like a Classroom • Place reminders on the mirror, such as sight words and vocabulary/spelling words. Place materials to remember on the fridge …but remember to avoid clutter

  8. Make Your Home Like a Classroom • Hang posters of material students need to practice. • Place vocabulary/spelling words on food mat. • Read the world around you. • Give children responsibilities to build confidence.

  9. Building a Reader • Read for 15 minutes a day! • Children can read independently, aloud to an adult, or back and forth to a partner.

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