The document provides many reading strategies for parents to use at home with their children to help improve reading skills. It recommends reading with children every day from a young age, visiting the library regularly, and using discussion strategies like think-pair-share. Specific strategies include jump-in reading, selective underlining, using sticky notes to discuss what was read, and keeping journals about stories. The document also includes online resources for additional reading tips and strategies.
2. Rule Number One (1)
Read, read, read and read some more with your child EVERY DAY!
3. Reading Strategies
Read from Day One
Start a reading routine in those very first days with a newborn.
Share Books Every Day
Read with your child every day, even after heshe becomes
an independent reader.
Visit The Library Early and Often
Public libraries are great resources for books, helpful advice about
authors and illustrators, story times, and more. Make visiting the
library part of your family's routine.
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Jump-In Reading
Enjoy reading a story with family members by allowing each person
to read a portion of the story. This technique motivates your child to read
a longer text.
Selective Underlining/Highlighting
Helps your child understands the storys main idea and for organizing
information from selections.
Think-Pair-Share
Discussion strategy that helps ensure every member of the family
becomes an active participant. It works well as a problem-solving
strategy or as a break in a lecture.
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Sticky-Note Discussions
This works effectively after your child has read a selection,
he/she uses sticky notes to mark the places he/she wants to talk
about.
Read-and-Say-Something
This works effectively for difficult materials. Rather than having
your child struggles alone with the meaning, have a discussion
about the information contained in the text.
Authentic Questions
Ask your child to read or listen, record questions about the
material he/she does not understand.
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Seed Discussions
Helps your child lead his/her own discussion by writing
down one important thing about what he/she is reading.
Know-Want to Know-Learned: (KWL)
It involves three overlapping events: your child brainstorms what
he/she knows about a topic of discussion or story, records what
he/she wants to know, and then list what he/she actually
learned.
Pre and Post-Reading Journal Entries
Your child writes about what he/she knows before reading and
then writes what he/she learned from his/her reading.
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Two-Column Notes: Main Idea and Details
Helps your child organize main ideas and details from
reading assignments.
Problem-Solution Notes
This is organized so that your child creates chart with two (2) columns, lists
the following four (4) questions in the left-hand column:
1. What is the problem?
2. What are the causes of the problem?
3. What are the effects of the problem?
4. What are the solutions to the problem?
Then, your child answers the aforementioned questions in the right
column of the chart.
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Dialogue Logs
After all members of the family write about a particular topic/story,
trade logs and comment back to each person response/information.
This makes learning more social, and writers get a response right away.
Perspective Entries
Your child can take on the role of characters, animals, or
famous people. This helps your child empathize with a characters
feelings and problems.
Literacy Elements
As your child reads a story, he/she can use sticky notes to record
information in his/her journal about the character, setting, and
problems. Then, you can have a discussion on the information
gathered as result of this process.
9. Reading Online Resources for Parents
Helping Your Child Become a Reader - U.S. Department of Education
https://www2.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/reader/index.html
Reading Tips for Parents - Florida Department of Education
http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/7539/urlt/Parent-Tips.pdf
Reading at Home: 10 Simple Strategies for Parents
http://www.k12reader.com/reading-at-home-simple-strategies-for-creating-strong-readers/
Reading Tips for Parents
https://www2.ed.gov/parents/read/resources/readingtips/readingtips.pdf
Reading Tips for Parents (in 11 Languages)
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/reading-tips-parents-11-languages
Scholastics Reading Tips for Parents
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/more-reading-resources/reading-tips-parents
10. Reading Online Resources for Parents
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Reading Tips for Parents - Florida Department of Education
http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/7539/urlt/Parent-Tips.pdf
Strategies Packet for Parents and Students for Improving Reading, Writing and Mathematics
https://reports05.nwea.org/nwea/help/DRS_Inst_Strat.pdf
Reading Tips for Parents of Middle School Students
http://www.nhcs.net/trask/Documents/Reading%20Tips%20for%20Parents.pdf
Tips for Helping Children with Reading Comprehension Difficulties
https://www.superduperinc.com/handouts/pdf/136_Reading_Comprehension_Difficulties.pdf
Reading Comprehension Tips for Parents
https://www.bloom-carroll.k12.oh.us/pdf/reading-comprehension-tips-for-parents.pdf
A Parents Little Guide to Helping Children Read
http://www.springboard.org.uk/data/files/Parents/parents-little-guide.pdf