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The First Grade Class @ Highland Ranch Elementary School |
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Tips and prompts to use when listening to a child read:
* Praise, praise, praise. Praise for correct reading - "I like the way you read that all by yourself." or "I like the way you ________________." (fill in the blank with a strategy that your child used to figure out any unknown word. See the list of strategies at the bottom of this page).
Praise for incorrect reading - "I like the way you tried to figure out that word."
Praise for partial correctness - "Yes, that would make sense, but does it look right?" or "Yes, this word looks like the word you said, but does it make sense?"
* Wait first, give help last. Wait 5-10 seconds before intervening to help your child with an unknown word. This allows discovery time - I have been surprised more than once when I was ready to jump in and a child figured out the word without me! It pays to wait, but don't wait to the point of frustration. When the reader has difficulty say: - "Look at the picture." - "What would make sense here?" - "Read it again and get your mouth ready for the word." (This means that the child uses the initial sound of the unknown word and the entire sentence to make a good guess.) - "Is it _______ or _______ ?" (Give the reader a choice.)
* Not all errors need to be corrected. If an error changes the meaning of the sentence, you can say - "Try that again." or "Something tricked you on this page. Do you know what it is?"
Your child should be able to use the following strategies for correcting him/herself. Strategies for readers to use when figuring out unknown words: >Skip it and go on. >Backtrack and read it again. >Look for key words or picture clues. >Look for little words in big words. (and is in the word stand) >Look and listen for letter patterns. (like: rat, pat, sat) >Say the beginning sound and read the rest of the sentence. Go back and make a guess for the unknown word. (Example: The cow j____ over the moon. Then the child could figure out the unknown word said "jumped".) >The reader should always be asking him/herself- Does it sound right? Does it make sense? |
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