Reading Strategies: A Parent's Guide is a must-have for all teachers and parents of primary children. This book gives over 130 practical suggestions for parents to use at home to help their child learn to read -- and lists great books to practice with. This book covers strategies used by the Emergent to the Independent Reader. Written by two experienced teachers and literary experts, this book is extremely easy to use, informative, and entertaining.
Table of Contents
Acknowlegements
Introduction
Emergent Reader, Developing Reader, Fluent Reader, Independent Reader
Section I - Emergent Reader
Read Aloud, Picture Cues, Does It Sound Right Rhyming Words, Word Play (Phonological Awareness)
Section II - The Developing Reader
Drawing on Past Experience, Stretch It, Chunk It and Sound It Out, High Frenquency Words, Skip It, Re-read and POP, Using Punctuation
Section III - The Fluent Reader
Reading with Expression, Retell, Main Idea,Facts and Details, Character, Relate, Reflect
Section IV - The Independent Reader
Determining Fact and Opinion, Understanding Relationships: Cause and Outcome, Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions, Contrast and Compare, Author’s Purpose, Clarifying Figurative Language
