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There are many ways in which parents can support comprehension at home. Below is a list of ideas you and your child can do at home:
What Parents/Guardians Can Do:
Hold a conversation and discuss what your child has read. Ask your child probing questions about the book and connect the events to his or her own life. For example, say "I wonder why that girl did that?" or "How do you think he felt? Why?" and "So, what lesson can we learn here?".
Help your child make connections between what he or she reads and similar experiences he has felt, saw in a movie, or read in another book.
Help your child monitor his or her understanding. Teach her to continually ask herself whether she understands what she's reading.
Help your child go back to the text to support his or her answers.
Discuss the meanings of unknown words, both those he reads and those he hears.
Read material in short sections, making sure your child understands each step of the way.
Discuss what your child has learned from reading informational text such as a science or social studies book.
What Your Child Can Do:
Use outlines, maps, and notes when you read.
Make flash cards of key terms you might want to remember.
Read stories or passages in short sections and make sure you know what happened before you continue reading.
Ask yourself, "Does this make sense?" If it doesn't, reread the part that didn't make sense.
Read with a buddy. Stop every page or so and take turns summarizing what you've read.
Ask a parent or teacher to preview a book with you before you read it on your own.
As you read, try to form mental pictures or images that match the story.
This link will bring you to a brochure that explains different reading strategies and how to support your student at home:
https://www.foxbay.k12.wi.us/Stormonth/literacy/Literacy%20Night%20Brochure.pdf
