Below are some tips for reading with your child at home. The photos show some work we have been doing in term one to improve our comprehension. By having to answer questions about the text (directly stated or inferred) students realise they need to read for meaning and think carefully about the story.
1. Tell the child what the
title is called and discuss its meaning and the front cover page.
2. Prior to reading look at
and discuss the illustrations on each page (Familiarisation).
3. Have the child start
reading. If they are reading magenta, red, yellow, or blue level books, they
will track the words using their finger.
4. What to do when a child
doesn’t know a word:
· Make the sound of the
first letter. Sound out the letters.
· What could this word be?
(In context with the story) what would make sense? Does that look right?
· Check the illustrations.
Is there a clue?
· Can you read the rest of
the sentence or start the sentence again to check if that makes sense? (Self-correction)
· Does that look right? Does
that sound right? Does that make sense?
· If they are still
struggling you can tell them the word.
5. Children that are fluently
reading on orange, turquoise, purple and gold level books can start to use
expression when reading aloud, particularly when using inverted commas
(speech/quotation marks) and exclamation marks.
6. Good readers re-read the
text to gain a better understanding. They also take note of any unknown words
to ask about later.
7. Comprehension: What was the story about? What happened to…?
How do you think….? Why do you think…? What would happen if…?
8. Making a personal link:
Has that ever happened to you? What was your favourite part?
9.
Read with
your child, to your child, and have them read to you. Enjoy yourselves and make
reading a fun activity!
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