Information for Parents:
Reading Tips:
Tips for Parents of Kindergarteners (R.Rockets)
Tips for Parents of 1st-3rd Graders Helping Your Child Become a Reader (US Dept. of Ed)
Why Can't I Skip My Twenty Minutes of Reading Tonight?
"The Big Five" (Ideas of Early Reading Instruction):
- Phonemic Awareness - the ability to hear, think about, and work with the individual sounds in spoken words.
- Phonics - using letter-sound relationships to read and spell words accurately and quickly.
- Vocabulary - understanding new words and concepts.
- Comprehension - the ability to make meaning of written words and to communicate about what was read.
- Fluency - reading quickly, accurately, and with expression
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