PR-6216IRE Reading For Success - Book 1
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Fluency<br />
<strong>Reading</strong> at home<br />
Demonstrate to parents and pupils the importance of reading by including it as part of their homework. At<br />
this age, the homework is more for parents; however, the benefits to pupils are critical for developing<br />
readers. The benefits of having parents read to their children are similar to those of a classroom readaloud.<br />
Children need books read aloud to them in order to develop concepts of print, a sense of story and<br />
the rhythm and flow of written language.<br />
You may wish to assign nightly reading and trust that parents<br />
will participate; however, many parents have commented that by<br />
having to fill out a reading diary, they end up reading to their<br />
child more consistently. By providing a reading diary, parents<br />
and pupils are held accountable for the daily reading they do.<br />
Encourage parents to fill out the reading diary with their child.<br />
Most classes have some sort of reading diary pupils must<br />
complete. Having parents and children fill out the reading diary<br />
together encourages pupil participation and demonstrates the<br />
purpose and how-to of a reading diary. A sample of a reading<br />
diary is provided on page 81.<br />
Samantha ‘s reading log<br />
Date Title of book Time spent Comment Parent signature<br />
1/3<br />
1/2<br />
1/1<br />
I Went Walking<br />
Hattie and the Fox<br />
Good Night Moon<br />
20 min<br />
1 /2 hour<br />
15 min<br />
You may want to determine a monthly reading goal for pupils.<br />
See pages 82–87 for samples. <strong>Reading</strong> goals can be set by the<br />
number of books read, the number of minutes the pupil reads for<br />
or the number of days the pupil reads. You may want to consider a goal option which will encourage<br />
reading regularly. <strong>For</strong> example, you may set the goal for reading at least one book each night.<br />
Provide a monthly award for pupils who have met their reading goal. If you have a guest reader come to<br />
your classroom on a monthly basis, schedule him or her just after pupils have turned in their reading<br />
diary. Have the guest reader distribute reading awards to the pupils who have met their reading goals.<br />
This touch makes having the guest reader even more special to both the reader and the children.<br />
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<strong>Reading</strong> for success 80 Prim-Ed Publishing – www.prim-ed.com
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