WORD IDENTIFICATION:
(Identifies and reads letters and words)
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Make a set of cards with base
words, a set with prefixes and a set with suffixes. Have your child make
words and read them to you.(See example below)
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Read words with more than one
pronunciation accurately according to the meaning in the sentence (wound
- He put a bandage on his wound. He wound the toy duck and watched it waddle.)
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Help your child tell how the
prefix and/or suffix changes the meaning of a word.
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COMPREHENSION: (Understands
what he/she reads)
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After reading the title and
looking at the cover, ask your child what he/she thinks the books is going
to be about
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After your child reads, encourage
him/her to write or tell a summary
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Have your child look in the
newspaper to find graphs, tables or diagrams that go with an article
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Before, during, and after reading
with your child, ask him/her literal questions, inferential questions and
questions requiring a connection and a conclusion:
Example story: Molly's Pilgrim
Literal: What country
did Molly come from?
Inferential: How did Molly"s
mother feel when she realized that Molly was ashamed of the doll?
Connection: If you were
going to make a doll that reflects your family's heritage, what would it
look like?
Conclusion: Why do you think
Molly fits the definition of a pilgrim?
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Ask your child to provide evidence
from the story to support his/her opinion of it.
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Play the "Words That Sound The
Same Game" (Say a word in a sentence. Have the child say the same word
in a sentence that demonstrates a different meaning. Ex. fair - fare: The
children went to the fair. The children needed money to pay the fare on
the bus.)
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WRITING:
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Encourage your child to write
often in many different ways (grocery lists, thank you notes, letters
to friends, stories, journal entries, directions)
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Have a variety of paper, pencils,
crayons, and markers available for your child to write
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Encourage your child to read
his/her writing aloud to you and ask him/her to make changes to improve
the writing (expressive words, elaborate, organization of thoughts, punctuation,
grammar, spelling)
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SPELLING:
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Review spelling words with your
child and provide opportunities to practice them
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Encourage your child to correctly
spell words when writing
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MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITY:
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Take your child to the public
library and select books (both fiction and nonfiction) that he/she is able
to read or would enjoy hearing!
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