Reading Comprehension/Strategies
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Your children are expected to be able to read all of these words and consistently spell the first thirty of these words correctly in their writing by the end of first grade.
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Word Study Practice
Your children are expected to be able to:
seek out and enjoy experiences with books and other printed
material
make and confirm predictions about what they read
go back and re-read as a strategy to improve comprehension, fluency and to give attention to punctuation
figure out unknown words using a variety of strategies
understand plots of stories after reading
distinguish between fiction and non-fiction
understand the relationship between sounds and letters
Your child should be able to:
know names and sounds for all of the letters as well as blends
like br, sp, st, etc.
read fluently with expression, phrasing
figure out unknown words using a variety of strategies, such as looking at pictures, word chunks and correct sentence structure
read with an adult 15 minutes a night
You Can:
have your child read every night
provide magnetic letters for your child and use them with your child to recognize the pattern of words and work families
discuss the difference between upper and lower case letters and their proper usage with your child
write a sentence with your child each day
notice and use punctuation with your child in reading and writing
expect (increasingly) correctly spelled words
discuss the content of books with your child before and after reading
model reading for your child
read aloud to your child every night so they will hear language and recognize fluent reading
help your child select books and reading materials that are appropriate for his/her interest, reading ability and success
use water and a paintbrush or shaving cream to write words in lower case with your child
provide plenty of think time for your child
honor partially correct answers
connect something your child already knows to what is new
provide a positive reading experience, where there is a measure of success for your child
To support reading behaviors, you can say:
Did it match?
Check the picture.
Does that make sense?
Does that look right?
You said,"_____" can we say it like that?
Try that again and think what would sound right.
Try that again and think what would make sense.
Start the sentence or page over.
What's wrong with this? (repeat what the child said).
Try that again.
You are nearly right!
Were you right? How do you know?
Why did you stop reading? What did you notice?
Check it. Does it look right and sound right to you?
Is there a part or chunk of the word you know?
Reading Sites
NOTE: The following links take you to a web address outside of the Maine School Administrative District 71 Web Site and MSAD71 is not responsible for the content of these external sites.