Below are some tips for reading at home with your child:

• Sit next to your child.

• It could be helpful to have your child point to words as they read or use a straight edge under each line so they can keep place.

• When a word error is made WAIT, give your child a chance to reread and solve the word on their own. If they do not self-correct, stop them saying something like, “Try it again,” or “Did that make sense?”

• Partner read: take turns reading pages, or adult reads and leaves out selected words/sentences that the child fills in.

• When reading to your child, track the text and encourage them to follow along with

• Talk about the book as you go along. Encourage re-reading as needed. Have your child predict what might happen next, discuss characters, settings, character feelings, etc. Discuss something new that was learned or something that was interesting.

• For fluency practice, echo read with your child modeling expressive reading, just right pacing, and attending to punctuation.

• Use the resource sheets that were sent home in your child's pouch.