This week features the words to the song "Galumph Went The Little Green Frog" - an incredible catchy song that you will find yourself humming all day after just one rendition! There are also some storybook suggestions about frogs for different aged kids and reading levels.
This week features more Play In The Garden superstars: Kelly, Fiona and Karen along with some of their kids showing off books that we read in the secret garden.
Sometimes reading at home can be hard (especially when the kids are at school and have bought home a book that they don't like/it's late and you are tired/they are tired and can't be bothered. However, one piece of advice to help during those times is to try to ensure that your child's reading at home is at an independant level.
But what is your childs independant reading level?
This is the level at which the books are relatively easy for your child to read and ones that they can read with about 95% accuracy. Books at this level dont require the child to sound out lots of words. Most of the words are read quickly and easily.
When your child spends time reading at their independent level, they are getting a chance to practice word recognition and word analysis skills (the ones hopefully being taught at school). Repeated readings of the same book over and over again enable each reading to become smoother. Soon, the reading will begin to "sound like talking." These are all important steps in becoming a fluent reader.
One further piece of advice - when the book can be 'read' with eyes closed: time to get a new book!
Thanks to Reading Rockets for the helpful information on independant level reading.
No comments:
Post a Comment