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    Helpful hints to reading with your child:

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    ALWAYS REMEMBER THE 5 SECOND RULE TO WAIT FOR YOUR CHILD TO SOUND OUT THE WORD BEFORE OFFERING ASSISTANCE.
     

    To support the control of early reading behaviors

     

    ·    Read it with your finger under the word 

    ·    Do you think it looks like__________?

    ·    Did you have enough words in the sentence? 

    ·    Read that again and start with the first word.

    To support self-monitoring behavior

    ·    Why did you stop?

    ·    It could be __________, but look at ________.

    ·    Where's the tricky work? (after error)

    ·    Try that again.

    ·    Were you right?

    To support searching for cues meaning

    ·    Try that again.

    ·    You said__________. Does that make sense?

    ·    Look at the picture.

    ·    What might happen next, in the story?

    ·    Did that make sense?

    ·    What would make sense?

    ·    Try __________, would that make sense?

    STRUCTURE

    ·    Does it look right?

    ·    Can you say it that way?

    ·    What would sound right?

    ·    Try __________. Would that sound right?

    VISUAL

    ·    Does it look right?

    ·    What do you expect to see at the beginning? at the end?

    ·    Do you know a work like that?

    ·    What does it start with? Can you say more than that?

    ·    What do you know that might help?

    To support Cross-checking

    ·    Check the picture. 

    ·    What could you try?

    ·    Try that again and think what would make sense?

    ·    Do you know a word that starts with those letters? Ends with those letters?

    ·    Check it. Does it look right and sound right to you? 

    ·    What part do you know? 

    ·    What do you know that might help?

    To Support Self-Correction

    ·    You're nearly right. Try that again.

    ·    I liked the way you worked that out.

    ·    You made a mistake. Can you find it?

    ·    Something wasn't quite right.

    To support phrased, fluent reading

    ·    Put your words together so it sounds like talking.

    ·    Can you read this quickly?