Home Reading
Room 5 children will bring home a reading book on Monday to Thursday. The books your child brings home are chosen at a level below their classroom level and therefore should be able to be read fluently.
To promote daily reading at home, and therefore regular practice, the children are required to bring their book bag to school each day.
Your child will also have a small weekly list of spelling words in their homework book. These words will be practiced at school as well and will be tested each Tuesday
To promote daily reading at home, and therefore regular practice, the children are required to bring their book bag to school each day.
Your child will also have a small weekly list of spelling words in their homework book. These words will be practiced at school as well and will be tested each Tuesday
Home Reading Tips
- Find a quiet place with no distractions.
- Find a time that suits both you and your child, preferably where neither one is tired or hungry.
- Praise your child for their efforts.
- If your child is tired, share the reading, e.g. read alternate pages, read half the book each.
- Always remember to read the whole story as reading for meaning is the purpose of reading. You finish the story if either you or your child is becoming frustrated.
- When your child hesitates/needs help, you can try one or more of the following:
- Wait. Count to 5 in your head. Chances are your child will work it out themselves after a bit of 'think' time.
- Ask a question about the menaing of the story to cue them in.
- Direct their attention to the sound the first letter makes.
- Ask them to go back to the beginning of the sentence and think about a word that would make sense, sound right and look right.
- After one or two attempts tell your child the word to keep the story flowing.
- Ignore mistakes that don't change the meaning of the story, e.g. a/the.