Route to Reading: Help Your Child See The Journey's End
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Route to Reading: Help Your Child See The Journey's End
Asking questions can help your child understand what she reads. Aim for ones that can be answered with more than one or two words.
Before reading, look at the cover and talk about what the book might be about.
During reading, ask your child about letters, sounds, words, or ideas. Encourage her to use information from the book to answer.
After reading, ask your child what happened in the book. Have her make connections to her life.
Suggested Citation
National Center on Improving Literacy (2019). Route to Reading: Help Your Child See The Journey's End. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Special Education Programs, National Center on Improving Literacy. Retrieved from http://improvingliteracy.org.
Abstract
Asking questions can help your child understand what she reads.
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This toolkit helps parents and families take part in literacy experiences at home to develop children’s reading and language skills.
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The research reported here is funded by awards to the National Center on Improving Literacy from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, in partnership with the Office of Special Education Programs (Award #: S283D160003). The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of OESE, OSEP, or the U.S. Department of Education. Copyright © 2023 National Center on Improving Literacy. https://improvingliteracy.org
