Improving Literacy Skills

Students’ reading proficiency increase when they are

 

read to on a daily basis.  Parents can read with their

 

students should twenty minutes each day. 

 

 

Before reading, parents can prepare children by:

 

·      Reviewing pictures in the book and try to guess

 

  what the story is about.

 

·      Guess the meaning of the story by reading the title.

 

During reading, parents can assist children by:

 

·      Asking questions about the characters, title, and

 

  events in the story.

 

·      Asking children to make predictions about what

 

 events are going to occur next in the story.

 

·      Ask for the meaning of vocabulary words and write

 

  them down in reading journals.

 

After reading, parents can:

 

·      Ask children to retell the story.

 

·      Ask children to create a different ending for the story

 

A very good site to assist with reading is:

 

http://www.starfall.com/

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