How Can I Improve My Child’s Reading?

1. How Can I Improve My Child’s Reading? M. Maan E. Marcelle

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4. Who are the reading role models in your house?

5. Provide a good role model Read yourself and read often to your child.

6. When Does Your Child See You Read? • Cooking Recipes • Labels on packets • Reading your letters • Road signs • Shop Signs • Newspapers or magazines

7. What Does Your Child See You Read? • Internet Research • Reading E-mails • Reading TV subtitles • Airport Signs • Reading Qu’ran, Bible, Guru Granth Sahib & Torah

8. Decoding Sight Words Components of reading Comprehension

9. Components of Reading • Decoding (This means simply reading the words) • Comprehension (Understanding the text)

10. Sight Words ask laugh would said legend

11. Stages of Learning to Read • Tell the story from the pictures • Speak clearly in sentences • Use story language • Predict, recall and sequence events • Express own opinions • Inference: reading in-between the lines • Deduction: gathering information from what is on the page

12. Video - • http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/Question/Index/4

13. When is it the best time to hear my child read? How long should I spend listening to my child read?

14. Establish a reading time, even if it is only ten minutes a day.

15. My child has a few favourite books which he/she enjoys hearing over and over again. I feel we should be moving on. What should I do?

16. Ask your child to bring a library book home to read to a younger sibling. • Make a book (family pictures)

17. At home my child reads nothing but comics and magazines. Does this matter? How can I encourage my child to read ‘better’ books?

18. Provide a variety of reading materials some for reading enjoyment some for reading knowledge with information about hobbies and interests.

19. What if my child chooses a book which is too easy for him?

20. Encourage activities that require reading Constructing a kite (reading directions) Cooking (reading a recipe) DIY (reading instructions to build flat pack furniture) Using reference books to:- Identify interesting bird's nest Investigate shells collected at the beach

21. My child sometimes brings home books which are far too difficult to read without help

22. What should I do when my child doesn’t want to read?

23. Encourage your child in all reading efforts.

24. What should I do if my child gets stuck on a word?

25. When my child reads aloud, I notice that he/she leaves out some words. Does this matter?

26. My child reads without expression – how can I help?

27. Reading with your Child

28. Reading with your Child 

29. My child reads confidently but never seems to remember or understand what he/she has read. What can I do?

30. What can I do to help my child who keeps losing his/her place when reading?

31. Further tips……

32. Establish one evening a week for reading (instead of television viewing).

33. Write notes to your school-age child; encourage written responses. • When did you last email or text your child?

34. Reading in WJS • Reading Test • Reading Groups • Reading Logs

35. Putting Words in their Mouths Reading and Speaking Reading for Writing

36. Thank Youfor your time I hope this helps us to improve your child’s reading