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what can families do at home to help their children do well in school?
Reading Strategies (6 messages)
Message 1:
Dear Families,
This is what you can do at home to help your child do well in school!
Ask your child to look at a picture in a book and guess what they think the words in the story say. This helps children learn to read, retell and later on, write stories. Thanks!
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Message 2:
Dear Families,
This is what you can do at home to help your child do well in school!
Read to your child every day. Read at bedtime or any time you have a few minutes! Turn off the TV and phone so you can have a quiet time together. Sit close to each other. It is OK if you don’t have time to read the whole book—read a few pages each day. Thanks!
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Message 3:
Dear Families,
This is what you can do at home to help your child do well in school!
Before reading a book, look at the cover and ask, “What do you think this book might be about?” Let your child guess. Then say, “Let’s read and see.” During the reading of a book, ask,”What do you think will happen next?’ or “Would you want that to happen to you?” After reading the book, say, “Tell me what you liked about this book.” Or, “Can you think of a time when you felt like the person in the book? Tell me about that time.”
Asking questions and talking about a book helps your child understand it. Thanks!
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Message 4:
Dear Families,
This is what you can do at home to help your child do well in school!
When you read a book to your child, let him talk. Read slowly so your child can ask a question when he/she needs to and say something when they want to. After you have answered questions, you might need to re-read a page before reading a new page. If your child asks a lot of questions, say: “Let’s talk about that at the end.” Talking about a book helps your child understand it. Thanks!
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Message 5:
Dear Families,
This is what you can do at home to help your child do well in school!
It is OK to read a book over and over if your child asks you to. By reading a favorite book often, a child becomes familiar with the words and how stories have a beginning, middle and end. Sooner or later, he/she will be able to “pretend” to read the book to others. This step is part of a child becoming a reader. Thanks!
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Message 6:
Dear Families,
This is what you can do at home to help your child do well in school!
Some books have great pictures! Instead of reading the words, sometimes it is fun to just look at the pictures and talk about them. “What is going on in this picture?” “What do you think will happen next?” Please read to your child each day. Thanks!
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