Loving to Read, Loving to Learn

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Loving to Read, Loving to Learn
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Making Reading Enjoyable

• Reading is the foundation of a successful
  education.
• When children struggle in learning to read, they
  often struggle in other subjects as well.

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Making Reading Enjoyable

• Children learn to read and
• learn to love reading by
• Reading, Reading, and Reading
• some more.

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Parents Can Help By

• Understanding what is being taught by asking
  questions about your childs reading program
• Encouraging reading at home

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Questions For Teachers

• How is my child doing in reading?
• What reading skills are my child learning?
• What are some strategies I can
• use at home to help my child with reading?

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Supporting Reading at Home

• Choose books that are interesting to your child.
• Provide a comfortable area for reading enjoyment.
  
• Set a routine time for reading.

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Reading Skills

• Use language in conversation.
• Learn and use new words.
• Recognize and name the letters of the alphabet.
• Connect sounds and letters to figure out the
  code of reading.

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Reading Skills

• Read often to recognize words.
• Listen and respond to stories read aloud.
• Understand what is being read.

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5 Finger Retelling
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Strategies to Use at Home

• Make connections between experiences and words
• Say new words often to expand vocabulary

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Strategies to Use at Home

• Practice saying and writing letter-sound
  relationships.
• Read books with rhymes, poems and songs.
• Help children take spoken and written words apart
  and put them back together.

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Strategies to Use at Home

• Listen to your child read aloud for at least 15
  minutes per day.
• Read to your child often.

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Reading Strategies
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Making Reading Enjoyable

• Learning to read happens over time in a
  developmental sequence.
• Know the important reading skills
• Be patient
• Make reading enjoyable