Reading Information

We will have a quiz at the end of each week over the  Language Arts concepts we have covered.  This is a comprehension quiz and covers skills such as:  phonics, sight words, listening, writing, plot, setting, sequence, character, etc. 

Helpful Reading Tips

When you read a story with your child ask them the following key questions:

1. Ask them to predict what they believe the story will be about by looking at the title.

2. What is the genre of the story (fiction or non-fiction)?

3. What is the author's purpose for writing the story (to entertain, to give information, to persuade)?

4. Who are the characters?

5. Have you read a story with similar characters?

6. What is the setting of the story?

7. What is the plot (problem) in the story?

8. Does this story make you think of anything you've done before?

9. Did you learn a lesson from this story?