Reading At Home

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Reading At Home

• Strategies to Use While Helping Your Child

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What can you do?

• Set a regular time
• Comfortable place
• Good lighting
• Few distractions
• Good mood
• Demonstrate love of reading

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Read Aloud

• Model good fluency
• Punctuation
• Rereading
• Decoding
• Expression

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Read Aloud

• Comprehension
• Predict
• Stop and discuss
• Predict again
• Retell
• Make connections

What will this story be about?
What has happened so far?
What will happen next?
What does the story make you think of?
What are the imprtant things that happened in
the story?
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Connections
text text
These books are alike because
Im like Harry because
text self
I know about President Bush.
text world
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Decoding Strategies
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V
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Meaning
M
M

• Look at the picture
• Think about the story, so far
• Does it make sense?

The space landed safely.
shuttle
ship
shark
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Syntax
S
S

• Does it sound right?
• Is that the way you talk?

shule
The space landed safely.
shuttle
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Visual
V
V
Does the word look right?
Does this word have the sounds for the word I
guessed?
The space shuttle landed safely.
shuttle
ship
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Links to Reading Activities
This will link you to Mrs. Hayes Watertown City
School District Web Site Reading Links
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Create a Tale
The Three Little Pigs
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Questions?
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Credits
www.getset.com.tw/
iaro.srv.hu/kep/ president-bush.jpg
www.blogmatic.net/ index.php?idP270
www.sci.utah.edu/ gk/vis03/ear/
www.putnamfurniture.com/ gallery/gallery_misc.htm
The Three Little Pigs talking book
www.fbplayhouse.com/ Yaff2005.htm
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Credits, cont
www.modelshipbuilding.com/ help.htm
www.1st-gift-delivery.com/ new-york-400/DDAD.jpg