1. Reading with your child
Evergreen Elementary
Dawn Kirkland

2. How to Pick An Appropriate Book
INTEREST!!!

3. Before Reading *Read the title with your child
*Look through the pictures
*Make predictions on what the book will be about
Before Reading

4. During Reading *Share what you are thinking
*Help them make a movie in their mind of what’s happening
*Ask questions
*Make it fun
*Don’t correct too much
*Build their confidence
During Reading

5. What to do when my child doesn’t know a word
*Don’t just tell them the word.
*Have them skip it and read on, then go back to see what makes sense.
*Stretch the word out
*Have them look for chunks or word parts they know
*Use the pictures
*Flip the vowel sound

6. After Reading *Ask your child what happened in the story
*Ask them if they can relate or connect to anything that happened in the story
*Discuss the problem in the story
*Make predictions on what will happen next
After Reading

7. How you can help your child succeed in reading
*Let your child see you reading and share
*Movie version coming out? Read the book first and compare after you watch the movie.
*Set aside a time and place for you and your child to read or for them to read on their own.
*Go to the library often
*Share a variety of texts and reading materials (poems, magazines, plays, chapter books)
*Make it part of everyday life (recipes, directions, bedtime, etc.)