Fluency Tips For Parents
Fluency Tips For Parents
Fluency Tips For Parents
You've got the reading lists. You've got the books. But what else can you do to make your children better readers this summer? You can help them read more quickly and accurately. Schools call this reading fluency. Your kids will call it fun! When kids can read fluently, it's easier for them to understand what they're reading. And they read aloud easily and with expression. Needless to say, this makes reading a lot more enjoyable. Less fluent readers read more slowly and word by word. Their attention is focused on sounding out each word; so, they pay less attention to understanding what they've read. Their comprehension and their motivation can suffer. Of course, beginning readers aren't fluent yet, but by the end of first grade, kids should be reading books at their grade level with ease and expression. The summer months provide a great opportunity for you to help your child continue to develop reading fluency. Here are four things parents and caregivers can do to help:
reading level. She will enjoy listening to more advanced stories, and she will hear a great example of fluent reading. To find out more about helping your child become a more fluent reader, please visit Reading Rockets on the Web at www.readingrockets.org
Selecting Books for Your Child: Finding 'Just Right' Books By: Kathleen Rogers (2008)
How can parents help their children find books that are not "too hard" and not "too easy" but instead are "just right"? Here's some advice.
1. Choose a book that you think you will enjoy. 2. Read the second page. 3. Hold up a finger for each word you are not sure of, or do not know. 4. If there are five or more words you did not know, you should choose an easier book. Still think it may not be too difficult? Use the five finger rule on two more pages.
Will it be an easy, fun book to read? * * * * Do I understand what I am reading? Do I know almost every word? When I read it aloud, can I read it smoothly? Do I think the topic will interest me?
If most of your answers were "yes", this will be an easy book to read independently by yourself.
Will this book be too hard for me? * Are there five or more words on a page that I don't know, or am unsure of? * Is this book confusing and hard to understand by myself? * When I read it aloud, does it sound choppy and slow? If most of your answers were "yes," this book is too hard. You should wait awhile before you read this book. Give the book another try later, or ask an adult to read the book to you.
them, they often skip important parts. You will have more fun with this book if you wait until you can read it easily.