Year 1 & 2 READING

HOW PARENTS CAN HELP AT HOME WITH READING

• Talk with your child about their reading. Try and discover what they like to read.

• Hear your child read throughout the day. Remember to encourage them to use the following strategies:

  • • Use their letter/sound knowledge to slide the sounds of unknown words together.

• Identify rhyming patterns within the text.

• Talk about syllables in words and how many there are.

• Predict what is going to happen?

• Use the illustrations to help.

• Think of the key “working out” questions when they come to a word or phrase they don’t know.

• What cues can I get from the picture?

• What cues can I get from the sounds I can see and recognise?

• Does the word I am thinking of make sense in the sentence?

• Does the word I am thinking of look right?

• What punctuation cues can help me?

• Re-read the difficult section and self correct if possible.

• If they still don’t know, it is OK to tell them the word. DON’T SWAMP THEM WITH ANXIETY.

• Ask questions as they read to you. What does that mean? What’s happening here? What do you think is happening?

What’s going to happen next?

• Develop their vocabulary – can you think of another word that means the same as……….?

• Praise, praise, praise when they are making a good attempt.

• Read to your children. Ask questions as you read (without spoiling the occasion and main message.)

• Show children you enjoy reading. Let your child see you reading.

Reading at home is where students must achieve success.