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Parent Prompts

Helpful Hints for Reading With Your Child

Children who struggle with reading sometimes have difficulty knowing what to do when they reach a tricky word.

Good reading behaviors must be modeled and taught. You can help your child by prompting with the following, demonstrating when necessary. You want your child to learn to use these strategies independently.

Behaviors

Verbal Prompts

 

Behaviors to display during shared reading:
1. Sit beside your child
2. Be sure you can see the words
3. Let the child handle the book
4. Encourage pointing when appropriate; eliminate pointing when not needed
5. Support reading only when needed; let the child figure out new words.
6. Don't correct too much
7. Praise both good tries and accurate reading.
 
 
Verbal Prompts: Directions to provide your child during shared reading:
1. I like the way you worked that out.
2. Try it.
3. Go back and read that again. Think of what would make sense (or sound right).
4. I like the way you noticed that and fixed it yourself.
5. Go back, read that again, and start the word. (Demonstrate.)
6. You're nearly right.
7. Do you know something about that word?
8. Do you know a word like that?
9. What do you know that can help?
10. Look at the beginning of the word. Now, say more of the word.
For more prompts, see The "Reading Detective" chart.

 

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The information on this page represents the thoughts and ideas of Julie Masterson-Smith and is not necessarily that of or endorsed by the Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School www.hflcsd.org.