Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Reading Fluency and Comprehension

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Reading Fluency and Comprehension: "Current research suggests that fluency is a big factor in determining how well the reader is understanding what they are reading. IE- Compre..."

Reading Fluency and Comprehension

Current research suggests that fluency is a big factor in determining how well the reader is understanding what they are reading. IE- Comprehension. If after the first reading, it does not sound fluent and has many interruptions due to a large amount of processing, then it is ok to read that same text a second time to get a flow of words and a feel or the story.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Advice for parents about starting school

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Advice for parents about starting school: "Parents are always concerned about what to do when their child starts school for the first time. The Education Review has recently published..."

Advice for parents about starting school

Parents are always concerned about what to do when their child starts school for the first time. The Education Review has recently published some tips that parents can do with their children before the first day of school. The first tip is to practise routines: Help your child to prepare for the routines they will need, from getting up and going to bed at certain times, to dressing themselves, and the journey there and back.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Try and make learning fun

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Try and make learning fun: "You should try and make reading fun. Check out this YouTube clip to see what I mean. What do you think about this video? Post your comments ..."

Try and make learning fun

You should try and make reading fun. Check out this YouTube clip to see what I mean.

What do you think about this video? Post your comments below.
Cheers
Christine

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: How does the brain see words in a book?

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: How does the brain see words in a book?: "When learning to read, the brain has to learn to flip the words so that they appear right side up. "

How does the brain see words in a book?

When learning to read, the brain has to learn to flip the words so that they appear right side up. 

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: What to do when children have difficulty calling u...

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: What to do when children have difficulty calling u...: "Some children have trouble calling up the name of a letter or a label for a word. When this happens, associate that letter or word with some..."

What to do when children have difficulty calling up the name of a letter or a label for a word

Some children have trouble calling up the name of a letter or a label for a word. When this happens, associate that letter or word with something familiar to them. For example, if they have trouble remembering the name of the letter "p". The child's name might be Peter, so link it to their name. Say "your name starts with that letter?".

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The best way to teach spelling

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The best way to teach spelling: "Spelling is best taught within the small focus group of students."

The best way to teach spelling

Spelling is best taught within the small focus group of students.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Always have your students sitting on your left sid...

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Always have your students sitting on your left sid...: "Always have your students sitting on your left side when they are reading or writing. This helps to establish directionality."

Always have your students sitting on your left side

Always have your students sitting on your left side when they are reading or writing. This helps to establish directionality.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Make sure that children can HEAR a difference betw...

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Make sure that children can HEAR a difference betw...: "Make sure that children can HEAR a difference between two sounds or two words before you teach them to SEE the difference."

Make sure that children can HEAR a difference between two sounds or two words

Make sure that children can HEAR a difference between two sounds or two words before you teach them to SEE  the difference.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Read lots of stories to children from an early age...

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: Read lots of stories to children from an early age...: "Read lots of stories to children from an early age so they can learn how particular stories work."

Read lots of stories to children from an early age

Read lots of stories to children from an early age so they can learn how particular stories work.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Reciprocity of Reading and Writing

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Reciprocity of Reading and Writing: "If children are having difficulty with their reading, then they usually are having difficulty with their writing."

The Reciprocity of Reading and Writing

If children are having difficulty with their reading, then they usually are having difficulty with their writing.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: When Can my Child Begin To Read Books?

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: When Can my Child Begin To Read Books?: "Your students or children can begin to read books, even if they only know a few letters."

When Can my Child Begin To Read Books?

Your students or children can begin to read books, even if they only know a few letters.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Benefits of Reading Familiar Texts

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Benefits of Reading Familiar Texts: "The reading of easy, familiar texts should always be encouraged because it strengthens the decision making process of the reader and provide..."

The Benefits of Reading Familiar Texts

The reading of easy, familiar texts should always be encouraged because it strengthens the decision making process of the reader and provides revision and reinforcement of those reading strategies that have already been obtained.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Importance of Observing your Students

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Importance of Observing your Students: "Teachers need to observe what their students can do to help prevent the struggles with literacy learning. These observation can then i..."

The Importance of Observing your Students

Teachers need to observe what their students can do to help prevent the struggles with literacy learning.  These observations can then inform the teacher about many strategies the student may or may not be using.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Importance of Story Sequence

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: The Importance of Story Sequence: "Being able to recall the facts of a story in sequential order greatly assists with comprehension."

The Importance of Story Sequence

Being able to recall the facts of a story in sequential order greatly assists with comprehension.

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: 3 Steps to help with reading and writing success

Daily Reading Tips For Parents and Teachers: 3 Steps to help with reading and writing success: "1. Provide good preschool experiences and opportunities for children. This includes lots of opportunities to talk and exposure to books and ..."

3 Steps to help with reading and writing success

1. Provide good preschool experiences and opportunities for children. This includes lots of opportunities to talk and exposure to books and book language.
2. Ensure the school can provide a good program for literacy learning in the early years.
3. An intervention program for those facing difficulties and adequate provision of specialist services for those who continue to have problems after the intervention.