How can you help your child be a

successful reader?

Read to or with them

Parents are key reading role models. High frequency reading parents are six times more likely to have high frequency reading kids. (2008 Kids & Family Reading Report)

Expose them to reading

materials!The more types of reading materials there are in the home, the higher students are in reading proficiency, according to the Educational Testing Service.3

Children who grow up in homes where books are plentiful go further in school than those who don’t. Children with low-education families can do as well as children with high-education families if they have access to books at home.(Family scholarly culture and educational success: Books and schooling in 27 nations)

Make reading fun!

Resources

Scholastic.comScholastic

Storyline Onlinehttp

://www.storylineonline.net/a-to-z-book-directory/?sort=titlebreadingrockets.or

gRrockets

Can Do Helper Page

http://www.candohelperpage.com/

Resources for kids

Tumblebooks- school online database

Fry Words from Alligator Apps

Hungry Monster- word builders

Spelling Magic 2

What your child should know before 1st grade

starts:

Be able to read books with patterns

BOY Reading Level- D EOY Reading Level- J, K- Guided

Know alphabet and letter sounds

Know sights words.

Ways to help improve sight word recognition:

• Read often

• Fry Words App

• Flash cards/ word lists

Word lists

Ways to help your child finish a book.

Choose a “just right” book.

Allow them time to tell you about their book.

Watch out for fake reading.

Ways to Improve Writing

Provide opportunities for writing.

Grocery list

Letters to relatives

Journal about summer events

Write stories (Book Creator)

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Read to or with them