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Reading Skills
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Reading is a "group effort" Teacher and parent(s) working together with the child will enable him/her to succeed in reading. Here are some suggestions to help your child become a successful reader. Reading Strategies Check Pictures - Look at the illustrations for a clue. Guess and Go - Guess what word would make sense and try it in the sentence. Guess and Check - Guess what word would make sense and check to see if the letters in the printed word match your guess. Running Start - Go back to the beginning of the sentence and start again. Word Find - Find the word on a previous page. Sound It Out - Use the phonics rules that we have learned in class. Chunk It Up - Break the word in parts containing 2-3 letters. Word in a Word - Look for words within words. Baseword Find - Cover the suffixes and prefixes to find the baseword. Five Finger Rule Help your child find a book that he/she can read independently - not too easy and not too hard. While reading the first page of a book, count the words your child is unable to read. If there are five or more unknown words, the book is too hard for now. Fluency An easy book is ideal for helping your child to read aloud smoothly and with expression.
Mrs. Collins' First Grade
St. Barnabas School
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