Reading at home
Reading at home
High Frequency Words
High Frequency Words
High Frequency Words are words your child will see frequently used in books also known as "sight words." They just seem to pop up everywhere. Please practice these words daily. You can have fun helping your child learn these words through activities like these: Spot the word~look through any printed material for the high frequency words, Rainbow write~ have your child trace over the words using different colors on top of the other a few times, Name that word~ trace the words on your child's back and have them guess the word/have your child trace a word on your back and you guess, Play-doh~ make the words out of play-doh, etc. Please share other fun ways you have practiced high frequency words with your child. I would love to hear them and share with other families.
High Frequency Words are words your child will see frequently used in books also known as "sight words." They just seem to pop up everywhere. Please practice these words daily. You can have fun helping your child learn these words through activities like these: Spot the word~look through any printed material for the high frequency words, Rainbow write~ have your child trace over the words using different colors on top of the other a few times, Name that word~ trace the words on your child's back and have them guess the word/have your child trace a word on your back and you guess, Play-doh~ make the words out of play-doh, etc. Please share other fun ways you have practiced high frequency words with your child. I would love to hear them and share with other families.
Night Readers (Subject to change)
Night Readers (Subject to change)
Night readers are books sent home with your child to be read every night. Please fill out your child’s reading log to acknowledge you read with your child.
Night readers are books sent home with your child to be read every night. Please fill out your child’s reading log to acknowledge you read with your child.
PURPOSES:
PURPOSES:
• Provide enjoyable experiences with books.
• Provide enjoyable experiences with books.
• Time together with family members.
• Time together with family members.
• Teaches responsibility for doing homework and for getting the agenda to and from school.
• Teaches responsibility for doing homework and for getting the agenda to and from school.
• More reading means better readers. We do not want reading homework to be a bother or struggle for you or your child. Reading time should not be a suffering or frustrating time. In order for reading to become a livelong pleasurable habit, it needs to be enjoyable (especially for beginning readers). We will try to be sure the night reader your child brings home is one he/she can handle with a minimum amount of help. However, if the book is too difficult, here are some ways you can support your child as a beginning reader to prevent any frustration from all participants and reading remains an enjoyable experience.
• More reading means better readers. We do not want reading homework to be a bother or struggle for you or your child. Reading time should not be a suffering or frustrating time. In order for reading to become a livelong pleasurable habit, it needs to be enjoyable (especially for beginning readers). We will try to be sure the night reader your child brings home is one he/she can handle with a minimum amount of help. However, if the book is too difficult, here are some ways you can support your child as a beginning reader to prevent any frustration from all participants and reading remains an enjoyable experience.
• Echo reading-you read a page and your child reads the page after you
• Echo reading-you read a page and your child reads the page after you
• You read the book to your child.
• You read the book to your child.
• Let your child try to read the entire book back to you. At first your child will be memorizing all or parts of the book. Please say he/she is reading! This truly is the first stage of reading. The more interested you are, the better your child will become at reading.
• Let your child try to read the entire book back to you. At first your child will be memorizing all or parts of the book. Please say he/she is reading! This truly is the first stage of reading. The more interested you are, the better your child will become at reading.
Questions to ask after reading a book
Questions to ask after reading a book
(not all apply for all books)
(not all apply for all books)
• Who are the characters?
• Who are the characters?
• Setting: Where did this story take place?
• Setting: Where did this story take place?
• Beginning: What happened in the beginning of the story?
• Beginning: What happened in the beginning of the story?
• Middle: What happened in the middle of the story?
• Middle: What happened in the middle of the story?
• End: What happened at the end of the story?
• End: What happened at the end of the story?
• Mood: Were the characters sad? Scared? Happy? Angry? Surprised?
• Mood: Were the characters sad? Scared? Happy? Angry? Surprised?
• Does this book relate to anything in your life? Does it remind you of something you’ve done before?
• Does this book relate to anything in your life? Does it remind you of something you’ve done before?
• What was the author’s purpose? Was it to entertain you? Explain? Persuade? Inform? Or to express feelings?
• What was the author’s purpose? Was it to entertain you? Explain? Persuade? Inform? Or to express feelings?
• What type of book was it? Was it a make believe book-fiction? Non-fiction? Poetry?
• What type of book was it? Was it a make believe book-fiction? Non-fiction? Poetry?
Ready, Set, Read!
Ready, Set, Read!