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Reading Strategies to Use at Home
1. Fluency
· Read aloud often
· Reread favorite books
· Model reading fun
· Act out a book or story
· Read new words and talk about their meaning
· Echo read
2. Vocabulary
· Read aloud a variety of genres
· Talk about daily events and books you read together
· Talk about illustrations and connections
· Search for new words in text
· Learn new words everyday
3. Text Comprehension
· Predict stories
· Ask who, what, when, where, why
· Continually ask questions when reading book
· Look for connections
· Ask about the main idea
4. Writing
· Provide many writing materials and tools
· Keep a journal at home
· Give story starters to write
· Plan a writing time daily and respond
