Super Dup Handy Handouts Number for Helping Children ith Reading Comprehension Difficulties - PDF document

© 2 0 07 S u p e r D u pe r ® P ub l i c a t i o n s • ww w .s upe r d u p e r i n c . c o m Super Dup e r ® Handy Handouts! ® Number • Separate w h at the child is read i ng into story gram m ar comp o nen t s: setting, mai n ch a r a c ter, a c tion, and ou t come. • Take t u r n s r e ading a l oud a nd find pl a c e s to stop, discuss, make c o mments, giv e opini o ns, a nd relate to personal exp e rie n c e s. Wh e n p a rents re a d al o ud, they sho u ld model corr e c t inflection a n d feelin g s . • Listen to your child r e ad a l oud for a few minutes ev e r y day. The length of time sh o uld be ap pro p r iate for t he chi l d’s a g e (a minute for every year of age). The bo ok he/s h e is r ea ding al o ud s h ould be at a l e vel slightly b elow h i s/h e r classr o om instr u ction in ord e r to fost e r re a ding fl u e ncy. Ask yo u r child ’ s teac h er for a su g g e s ted b o okl i st. • Reread fav o r i te books. R e readi n g familiar bo o ks provides g ood p r a c tice f o r flue n cy and d e c od ing. Your chi l d sh o uld be able to r ea d at a smoot h , conversati o nal p a ce. • Re a d aloud t o your chi l d o ften from a book, ma g az i n e, or news pa per a r ticle. T h is hel p s build voca b ulary. Ask q u esti on s freq u ently about the c o nt ent and detai l s , and a sk h i m/her to rete l l the story to check the leve l of understa nd ing. • Talk a b out what your chi l d rea d s to you. This hel p s hi m/her reme m ber a n d think throu g h the them e s of the bo o k. Ask yo u r chi l d qu e stio n s a bout the c o nt ent of the bo o k before, dur i ng, and after read i ng. Use pictures o r il l ustrati o ns to extend disc u ss i on a b o u t the story or topic. • Explore different forms of readi n g mater i al. Take a tri p to the library; ch e ck o ut a bo o k and its com p ani o n a udio tape or CD. Have your chi l d r ea d aloud with the narrat o r of the book whi l e listeni n g to the text on t a pe or CD. Th i s hel p s the child l e arn to emulate inflection a nd feeling. • Provide a g e-appro p riate mag a zin e s! Childr e n will r e ad bo o ks an d magaz i n e s o v er and ov e r wh e n it’s so m ething of interest to them. Larg e r bo o kstores have a hu ge se l ecti o n of books a n d mag a zin e s spann i ng from sp o r ts to doll col l ectin g . Allow your child to ch o ose his/h e r r e a d ing mater i al b y providing several cho i c e s and al l owi n g him/her to make the f i nal d e cis i on. • Find po p ul a r chil d ren ’ s b o oks that are n ow avail a ble as scree n pl a y s on video o r DVD. Have your chi l d r ea d the bo o k vers i on and then, watch the scree n play. Talk a b out the simil a rities o r differences b etw e en the bo o k a nd the scre e nplay. Ask yo u r child how the scr e enplay com p ar e s to what he/s h e visual i z ed while re a ding the b o ok. It is extremely important that paren t s are active, encour a g ing, in v olved, and m ost of all, setting the exam p le that readi n g is imp o rtant. Co n s ult your child ’ s te a c h e r for info r m ation and g uid a nce in sel e ct i ng the ap p r o priate level of readi n g m a terials o utsi d e the cl a s sr o om. Ask him / her for ot h e r helpful r e adi n g strat e gies t o ensure that your chi l d is getting all the help h e/s h e nee d s to b e come a s u ccessful re a d e r . R e sources Williams, Joan n a. (2000). Improving co m preh e nsion for stude n ts w i th LD. LD Onli n e. Retriev e d from http://w ww.ldonline.org/ a r ticle/86 Baum e l , Jan . (2002) . Learning t o read – Resea r ch informs us. Retr i e ved from http:/ / www.sc h w a b l earn i ng.org Pressle y , Michael. (2000). Compr ehen s ion i n struction: What w orks. LD Onli n e. Re t r ieved f r o m http: // www. l don l ine.org/art i cle/68 136