Reading

 

Guided Reading

Reading Strategies for Parents

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Guided Reading
Each second grade class meets in small groups throughout our centers block. This is when we teach our reading mini-lessons targeted to meet the specific needs of our students in the small group. We teach mini-lessons, introduce a book, practice making predictions, learn reading strategies, play reading comprehension games, and have "book talks" about the books.

Here's a wonderful page to help guide your read aloud time with your child. What questions should you ask them?

***Reading Tips for Parents***

More Reading Strategies

These are helpful strategies that may be practiced at home!

1. Chunk the Word: "Chunking" (phonograms) help students break apart a word into word families. Here's an example: I see the word, "C-H-A-L-K ". Now, how can I figure out how to say that word? I'll try breaking it into chunks that I'm familiar with. What words look like "chalk"? Well, there's walk" and "talk", so maybe "chalk" rhymes with those words. I know that "ch" has it's own sound, so if I add it to the "alk" chunk, I get "chalk." That's it--"chalk.

2. Look at the Pictures: Look at the pictures for clues.

3. Stretch it Out: Stretch words out and put sounds together.

4. Skip it, Skip it: skip the word, read to the end, hop back and read it.

5. Try it Again: Try to reread, try a new word.

6. Get Your Lips Ready: Say first sounds, read and say it again.

7. Ask for Help: Ask for help after you've tried the other strategies.