Tips for Successful Read-Aloud Sessions
Where did we leave off? If you continue a chapter book from one day to another, review what happened last and try to predict what will happen next.
Don’t let their eyes glaze over. Skip or adapt parts that are too far above a child’s comprehension.
It’s all about me! Relate the book to their life or to another book.
Leave them hanging. Stop reading at a really suspenseful point in the story so they cannot wait until next session.
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Reading Nonfiction
You can help your child build nonfiction reading skills by sharing informational books, magazine articles, and web sites with your child. Some of the most important steps in reading nonfiction happen before we ever start reading. While reading with your child, talk about questions you may have about the subject or what you expect to find in the text. You can also try following these steps before you begin to read:
- Flip through the book and look at the pictures. What looks interesting?
- Spend a little time with any charts, lists, or maps. What have you learned so far?
- Skim through and look at the titles and headings before reading to get an idea of what is coming.