Classroom Support with Mrs Spackman
Home Reading Hints:
- Listen to your child read as often as you can
- Find a quiet time to share reading
- Sometimes bedtime is best, sometimes morning works
- Read to your children
Reading at home should be for fun and it should revise skills. It should not be a chore; reading should not be hard work. Sometimes it is necessary to tell the child the word or read one page to them, rather than create disharmony and lose enjoyment and meaning.
Questions parents could ask their children to support their reading include:
- Does that make sense?
- Try to use your sounds.
- Try that word again.
- Can you read on (read further in the text) to see if you can work out that word?
- What letter/sound does that word start with?
- Can you see any little words in that big word?
- Can you break that word into parts/chunks?
- Put your finger over the ending of the word. What does it say?
- Ask them to think of a similar word, maybe tell them a rhyming word.
A GOOD READER BALANCES 6 COMPONENTS:
- PHONEMIC AWARENESS
- PHONICS -WORD ATTACK SKILLS
- SIGHT WORDS,
- VOCABULARY
- FLUENCY AND
- COMPREHENSION.
REMEMBER AS PARENTS WE MODEL POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE ATTITUDES TO READING. TELL YOUR CHILDREN HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO READ! LET THEM SEE YOU READING!
Is reading a struggle for your child?
If so, remember to have their eyes and hearing checked!
The following link explains how to download an app to do a FREE HEARING CHECK for your school-aged child. Information is also provided on this website about what to do next.
https://www.soundscouts.com/applications/schools/#
Reading problems arise for a variety of reasons. Every child is different and progresses at a different rate. However, ALL children need lots of practice to improve their reading. If your child is struggling, don’t give up and stay positive! Research shows a strong link between reading every day, reading at home and academic performance.
Try using the 3Ps: PAUSE, PROMPT and PRAISE!
- PAUSE: Give your child time to work out the word before you help or tell them.
- PROMPT: Offer a prompt to your child, eg. ‘it begins with the sound…’; ‘ends with the sound…’; ‘rhymes with ….’; ‘try that again…’; ‘cover part of the word with your finger and see if you can work it out…; ‘read to the end of the sentence and see if you can work it out…’; ‘read the sentence again…’;
- PRAISE: Make reading an enjoyable experience and always praise your child for their efforts!
READ EVERY NIGHT!
Teach your children:
It is okay to make a mistake!
Mistakes are how we learn!
