Ways To Support Your Child With Reading
You can support your child's reading,
by using these prompts when he/she is "stuck" on a word:
To encourage your child to use the meaning of the story, you might say to him/her:
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Try that again. | |
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You said_____. Does that make sense? | |
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Look at the picture. | |
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What might happen next in the story? | |
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Did that make sense? | |
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What would make sense? | |
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Try _______, would that make sense? |
To encourage your child to think about the structure of the story, you might say to him/her:
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Does it look right? | |
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Can you say it that way? | |
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What would sound right? | |
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Try _____. Would that sound right? |
To encourage your child to visually problem solve the unknown word, you might say to him/her:
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Does it look right? | |
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What do you expect to see at the beginning? At the end? | |
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Do you know a word like that? | |
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What does it start with? Can you say more than that? | |
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What do you know that might help? |
To encourage your child to self-correct their errors, you might say to him/her:
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You're nearly right. Try that again. | |
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I liked the way you worked that out. | |
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You made a mistake. Can you find it? | |
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Something wasn't quite right. |
To encourage your child to read fluently you might say to him/her:
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Put your words together so it sounds like you're talking. | |
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Can you read this quickly? |