Helping Your Child with Reading

Strategies for Parents

Reading Skills

What are Reading Skills?Reading skills are strategies we use to better understand what we read.

Reading is the major skill needed for success in school. Math, science, and every other subject require the use of reading skills to understand the material.

It’s up to parents and teachers to set kids up for success.

Reading Assessment & Instruction

At School

Assessment – School Wide and Progress MonitoringCore Instruction – Includes differentiated small groupsIntervention – Targeted small group instructionTitle 1/EIS – Strategic Intervention for identified

students

Reading Rockets Information

Target the Problem (Handout and definitions available at http://www.readingrockets.org/helping/target) Phonological and phonemic awareness Word decoding and phonics Vocabulary Fluency Comprehension Other sources of reading difficulty

Videos - Skills

Targeted Skills

Strategies for Parents: Videos

Phonics Fluency Comprehension Skills Helping Your Child With Writing

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Raising a Reader - Video

Raising Readers: Building Reading Habits