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

2. 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

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

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

5. Vocabulary
Sight words S O D A

6. 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

7. 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?

8. Comprehension Strategies
Predicting
Visualizing
Asking Questions
Making Connections
Summarizing
Main Idea

9. 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?

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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.