Tip #3 – Reading Homework

Does your child read every night? Good for you! Research has shown that a child who reads or is read to daily will be a better reader and succeed in school.

Does your child read so slowly, you can hardly stand it? This is because he/she does not have what is called “reading fluency”. Fluency is the abiblity to read quickly – and is the biggest indicator of reading success. In order to help your child achieve reading fluency, do what I call a one minute read every day. Choose a book your child can read with just a few mistakes (often called a just right book). Have them pick a page and practice reading aloud it for one minute. Then read it to them a few times while they follow along. Then have your child read it aloud again for one minute. See how much farther they read this time? That is building reading fluency. Do this every night for a few weeks and watch how your child can read their nightly book so much faster and with more confidence!

1 comment October 13, 2008