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a consistent time to read with your child. It will become a wonderful habit.
Picture-walk through the story. Have your child predict what the story is going to be about. Find the title and the author.
Keep the read-together a fun experience for the whole family. Try these two read-together activities:
Choral-read part of a story or a page in the book together. You read part of the page first; then have your child read the same part with you again. Use your pointer finger as you read the words in the story.
Echo-read some of the lines on a page in your book. You read the sentence first, and then have your child read that same sentence after you. Point to the words as they are read. Stop echo-
Continue the read-aloud to finish the book or
the chapter.
• Remember to ask questions about the story. Let your child be the teacher. Have him/her ask you questions, too.
• Have your child re-tell the story in his/her own words. What happened What happened after? (Reference a event in the story when asking this question.) How did the
story end?
Use the space below to write down one thing you learned and will practice at home:
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