{"id":2894,"date":"2021-03-29T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/derbitskyc\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2025-09-11T15:29:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:29:42","slug":"reading-support-for-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/derbitskyc\/reading-support-for-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Support for Home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This post is focused on <\/span>READING.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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These are important reading years for a child.\u00a0 They are the final years where a child is expected to learn to read<\/strong> before they go off to Grade 4 where they begin to read to learn<\/strong>.\u00a0 Once again, the best way to improve reading is to help your child find their\u00a0joy<\/strong> in their reading.\u00a0 Talking about their identity as a reader can help them become aware of the things that bring them joy while they are reading.\u00a0 Ask your child questions like the following:<\/p>\n

Who are you as a reader?
\nWhat do you enjoy reading?
\nWhat stories do you enjoy listening to because they spark your imagination?
\nWhat topics do you enjoy learning about?<\/p>\n

If your child is not able to answer these questions yet, bring their attention to what they enjoy.\u00a0 When you see them intrigued by a book, you can say, “I see you are a reader who enjoys books about ____”.\u00a0 If you finish reading them a book they enjoyed say, “I noticed you are a reader who enjoys listening to stories about ____.”<\/p>\n

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A NOTE ON READING:\u00a0<\/strong>Listening to stories or information is just as important a skill to develop as reading the book themselves.\u00a0 My recommendations will involve your child reading books themselves, as well as listening to stories in a variety of ways.<\/p>\n

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DECODING<\/strong><\/p>\n

Decoding is being able to read the words accurately.\u00a0 It is the skill that we see parents generally focus on the most.\u00a0 I see a lot of confidence in our students dependent on if they can decode or not.\u00a0 I work hard to explain that this is only ONE part of reading.\u00a0 I work on a broad range of reading skills and it is not uncommon for a student to struggle with decoding and have stronger than average comprehension skills.\u00a0 It is important for a student to see reading as a range of skills which are all important.<\/p>\n

To improve decoding, it can be helpful to read a page to your child, read it together, and then have them read it to you.\u00a0 Keep reading the book over and over again, until they are able to read it independently.\u00a0 Choose books where they can read most of the words.\u00a0 If it is too challenging they will become frustrated.\u00a0 Please speak to me if you want me to recommend books for your child.<\/p>\n

AN IMPORTANT NOTE ON DECODING<\/strong><\/p>\n

Decoding can be the death of joy.\u00a0 If you are only reading dry books with your child that they are not interested in, they will start to dislike reading.\u00a0 Who can blame them?\u00a0 Make sure that you only work on decoding for short amounts of time and then go back to developing your child’s joy of reading.<\/p>\n

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COMPREHENSION AND FLUENCY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comprehension and fluency are very important skills that are often overlooked.\u00a0 Comprehension is being able to understand what you are reading.\u00a0 Fluency is being able to read smoothly and with expression.<\/p>\n

Comprehension<\/strong> can be broken up into connecting, visualizing, questioning, and inferring.\u00a0 The best way to develop comprehension skills is to talk about what you are reading, listening to, or watching.\u00a0 See what your child is reminded of (connecting).\u00a0 Ask them to describe the pictures they make in their minds (visualizing).\u00a0 Ask them why you think something has happened or what they think is going to happen next (questioning).\u00a0 Read a book with almost no text and have the child explain what is happening.\u00a0 Ask them what clues gave them that information (inferring).<\/p>\n

Fluency<\/strong> is best developed from listening to animated story tellers and from your child reading out loud themselves.\u00a0 Model paying attention to the punctuation and reading with expression in your voice.\u00a0 Then have your child read the same page in the same way.\u00a0 Listen to stories together and talk about what your favourite readers do to make the stories so interesting to listen to.<\/p>\n

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JOY!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is a list of fun activities your child can do to develop ALL of their reading skills.\u00a0 Click on the images for links:<\/p>\n

\"Log<\/a>Go to the library!<\/strong>\u00a0 I go to the library with my children every other week.\u00a0 The libraries have all of the books your child could ever dream of and it is a great skill to ask the librarian to help you find books that you are interested in.\u00a0 They are pros!\u00a0 The Burnaby Public library has also developed wonderful lists to support helping children find books they enjoy.<\/p>\n

\"Libby,<\/a>Listen to stories.<\/strong>\u00a0 Libby is an app through the Burnaby Public Library.\u00a0 You can borrow free books to give your kids a break from screens.\u00a0 We listen to stories all of the time in the car or my kids will listen to them at home while they play.<\/p>\n

\"Scholastic<\/a>Find a series of books<\/strong> that you can read to your child.\u00a0 I still have fond memories of my father reading the Narnia books to me as I was growing up.\u00a0 Keep bedtime stories with your children going!<\/p>\n

P.S.-\u00a0 Librarians can also help you find a series that you and your child can enjoy together.<\/p>\n

\"Symbaloo<\/a>Enjoy online books.<\/strong>\u00a0 Our class Symbaloo has various websites you can go to that read the books to your child.\u00a0 I love them because they light up the words as they are reading them. The reading websites are the pink tiles on the top left of the Symbaloo.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Listen to podcasts.<\/strong>\u00a0 I love listening to podcasts with my kids.\u00a0 A few recommendations are, A Bedtime Show for Kids of All Ages<\/a>, Wow in the World<\/a>, But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids<\/a>, and The Story Store<\/a>.\u00a0 I recommend that you pick a topic that your child is into and you can find a podcast on it!<\/p>\n

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My last tip is to simply add the subtitles function onto your child’s shows.\u00a0 Whatever the platform is, there should be a way to click on the subtitles.\u00a0 This way they are looking at text as the characters are saying them on the shows.\u00a0 They will start reading without even knowing it!<\/p>\n

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I hope that you enjoy some of these reading activities at home.\u00a0 Please let me know if I can support in any other way.<\/p>\n

Have fun reading!<\/p>\n

Cari<\/p>\n

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This post is focused on READING.\u00a0 These are important reading years for a child.\u00a0 They are the final years where a child is expected to learn to read before they go off to Grade 4 where they begin to read to learn.\u00a0 Once again, the best way to improve reading is to help your child … <\/p>\n

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