Welcome Parents of Second and Third Graders Helping your child at home

READ! READ! READ! READ – to expand their vocabulary READ – to appreciate the value of books and reading READ – to understand new ideas and concepts READ – to learn about the world around them

Reading takes concentration Be involved with the text Questioning Predicting Making connections Visualizing Decoding

Applying Phonics to Reading Phonics programs Vowel sounds Decoding two and three syllable words Manipulating sounds Suffix and Prefix

Vocabulary Sight words S O D A

Fluency is the ability to read text easily, quickly, and with expression. Phrasing is the link Prior knowledge Read and reread Good fluent reading resembles talking

Fluency and comprehension connection Does the reader read smoothly and with ease? Does the reader make use of punctuation marks? Does the reader group words into meaningful phrases? Does the reader emphasize the most important words?

Comprehension Strategies Predicting Visualizing Asking Questions Making Connections Summarizing Main Idea

Questions to ask when my child doesn’t know a word? Does the picture give you a clue? What word makes sense here? What letter does the word begin or end with? Do you know part of the word?

What helps us read? Reading the back cover Predicting what might happen Looking at pictures Looking for a word pattern Making sure things make sense and sound right when we read Asking someone to read the story first Trying to sound out words we don’t know

Reasons to read aloud to your child Build interest in books and a love for reading Show that reading can be interesting, informative and fun Improve attention span and listening skills Increase memory skills Build pleasurable family experiences

Encouragement means accepting learners as they are and separating their work from their worth. Learners will thrive in environments where they do not fear being evaluated, and where they can make mistakes and learn from them.