Read Aloud Tips
Reading to your child is one of the most important
activities you can do.
Choose books that will appeal to your child’s interests,
that have rich vocabulary, and that are a little bit harder than what your
child can read independently.
Emphasize certain words and vary your voice for more
dramatic read aloud sessions.
Encourage your child to make connections between the
read-aloud story and their own life.
Read a chunk of the story and ask your child open ended
questions. It is helpful to give your child a minute to think about the
question. This will encourage your child to think more deeply about the story.
Your questions can also help your child to elaborate and expand their ideas.
This same strategy is equally effective when you play audio books in the car
with your children. Stopping the audio book and having a brief discussion will
deepen your child’s comprehension.
When explaining the meaning of vocabulary, use a child
friendly definition. This kind of definition uses everyday language and
connects to how the word is used in the story.
Most importantly, treasure this time to read wonderful
children’s literature with your child.
Book Lists
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/summer/2017 (Ages three and up)
Audio Books: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncr
Independent Reading
Time
Summer is a great time for your child to seek out books that
reflect hobbies, summer outings and trips. This is a wonderful time for
children to read more books by favorite authors. Our school website will have a link created by our library
staff for summer reading resources and book lists.
Magazines are fun to read in the summer. Your local library
will have a number of children’s magazines to choose from. Some great
children’s magazines include: Click, Kids
Discover, New Moon, Ranger Rick, Stone Soup, Cricket, Cobblestone, Zoobooks
and Odyssey.
Set aside a daily time for your child to read. Scheduling in
family reading times are wonderful ways to model that everyone in the family
loves to read.
An independent book is one in which a child can read twenty
words in a row with only one error. Rereading a book is a perfect opportunity
for your child to further develop their reading fluency. Books that contain too
many difficult words can be read in a partnership with a parent or as a read
aloud.
When children need help reading a word, ask them to use
strategies that they have been practicing all year. This includes: using the
beginning consonant, vowel patterns, and reading to the end of the sentence and
then using context clues. They should ask themselves whether the word makes
sense in the sentence and if it looks like the word in print. If they still
need help, you can tell them the word.
It is helpful for a parent to have read some of your child’s
independent reading selections. They can then retell the story to you and
engage in a deeper discussion knowing that you have also read this book.
A packet was sent home for your Lower School child that will enable them to reinforce comprehension
and writing skills during the summer. The reading log will allow your child to
record the books they read during the summer and to feel satisfaction with
their reading accomplishments.
Writing about their summer reading books helps children to process their
thinking and deepens their comprehension. Included in this packet are pages for
the students to complete that will reinforce the reading strategies that have
been focused on this year. Your child's classroom teacher and I would love to review any reading logs that
the children would like to share with us at the beginning of the new school year. This
would be a wonderful opportunity for us to learn about the books that your
child has enjoyed during the summer.
Additional Literacy
Activities
·
A journal or scrapbook is a great vehicle for
your child to record summer memories. Photographs and illustrations can
accompany their writing.
·
Children can create their own graphic books
using characters from their readings, inventing new characters or using their
own adventures during the summer as the basis for their graphic story.
·
Creating a family newspaper can provide the
perfect opportunity to interview family members and friends.
·
Children can create posters for favorite movies
and books.
·
Writing letters to family and friends is another
way to encourage summer writing.
Children have loved writing poetry this year. Keeping a special journal
just for poetry that your child can take to the beach, on a walk in the woods
or sitting in a garden will encourage the poetic muse.
·
Your child can create lists for practical
purposes such as a list to organize the packing for a family vacation. As a
family, you can read books and travel brochures about and during your
vacation.
·
Reading aloud stories from a particular genre
can inspire your child to write in a similar genre.
Internet Sites
Reading and Writing
at Abington Friends Lower School
https://sites.google.com/s/0B3HTF0VV8cbSSjNIZHdUdWgtb1E/p/0B3HTF0VV8cbSeDBSWE1DVkp0Vms/edit
https://sites.google.com/s/0B3HTF0VV8cbSSjNIZHdUdWgtb1E/p/0B3HTF0VV8cbSeDBSWE1DVkp0Vms/edit
ReadWriteThink Printing Press from the National Council of
Teachers of English and the International Reading Association has tools online
for children to write newspapers, flyers, brochures and booklets. The web site is www.readwritethink.org
Additional web sites that promote literacy include: www.starfall.com. The games on this site
promote phonemic awareness and phonics. Children can listen to stories on line
at www.storylineonline.net. Three sites that your children can use
to research their interests are http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals,
https://www.pebblego.com/
and lastly www.enchantedlearning.com.
Scholastic web site offers students the opportunity to log
in their summer reading hours to win prizes. http://www.scholastic.com/summer.
Reading Apps Reviews and Links: https://turbofuture.com/cell-phones/reading-apps-for-kids
http://www.readbrightly.com/best-reading-apps-for-4-8-year-olds/
http://www.readingrockets.org/literacyapps
Library Summer
Reading Programs
All public libraries offer summer reading programs. Look on
the website for your local library and you will see an array of offerings. http://www.montcolibraries.org/ This
link will take you to the Montgomery County public library website and you can
then reach a link that will take you to your own public library and the summer
reading opportunities that are offered.
The Philadelphia public library link follows and explains their summer
reading opportunities. https://libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/summerreading/
Barnes and Noble offers summer reading opportunities as well
and the following link will take you to their website for their summer program.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/summer-reading/379003570/
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