Ways a Parent Can Help a Child with Reading

I really enjoyed talking to parents during parent teacher conferences the last few weeks.  I look forward to continuing to work with you to help your child become a better reader!  Many parents asked me how they can continue to help their child with reading at home.  The chart below has a lot of great tips to help you do just that!


(from www.fortheteachers.org)

Wonderful Jefferson bear readers!

I would like to welcome some new bear readers!
-Aiden G.
-Isaiah S.-R
-Melanie O.
-Jordan S.
-Drake D.
-Saniyah M.
They join:
-Lila R.
-Samantha A.
-Sarai C.
-Jaelyn W.
-Aiden W.
-Anthoni O. To reading with Mrs. K in our Title One reading room.
These new friends all bring wonderful excitement about reading!  I look forward to teaching them many strategies to become independent readers who continue to love reading.
This strategy poster is hung on the wall in our reading room along with every classroom at Jefferson.  Parents, I encourage you to use the same "reading language" at home with your readers when they bring home books to share with you that we have practiced at school.

Wacky Books Will Hook Reluctant Readers

Do you have a reluctant reader at home?  I know that there are many other fun things your children might want to do than read, but this site has created a wonderful list of books to entice your reluctant reader to sit down with a good book! (They can do all the other "fun" stuff later ;) )

 

(From: http://imaginationsoup.net/2012/12/wacky-books-will-hook-reluctant-readers/)

      
Help your child get started on a book by reading it aloud for a few chapters. If it’s funny, chances are good that he will continue on his own when you get too “busy” to read to him. (One of my favorite tricks!)

We’ve been reading the Wayside School stories at bedtime — and sometimes I get to laughing so much that I can’t keep reading.
All these books and more that I recommend are available in the Imagination Soup online bookstore. The majority of these books are for ages 7 – 9, or second to fourth grade.

Potty Humor

Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets
The Encyclopedia of Immaturity
Sir Fartsalot Hunts the Booger
Snot Stew
Sweet Farts
Who Cut the Cheese?

Laugh-out-loud Real Life Humor

Bad Kitty Boxed Set
Big Nate 1-2 Punch: 2 Big Nate Books in 1 Box!: Includes Big Nate and Big Nate Strikes Again
Clementine
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books (Books 1-5)
Dragonbreath #1
EllRay Jakes Is a Rock Star
Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom
Freckle Juice
Gooney Bird Greene
Rotten School #13: Got Cake?
Head of the Class: Frindle; The Landry News; The Janitor’s Boy
How to Eat Fried Worms
How to Train Your Dragon
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka
Stink: The Super-Incredible Collection: Books 1-3
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Silly Humor

Eco-Wolf and the Three Pigs (Seriously Silly Stories)
Lulu and the Brontosaurus
Lunch Lady and the Author Visit Vendetta: Lunch Lady #3
Magic Pickle And The Creature From The Black Legume
Mercy Watson to the Rescue
The Knights of the Kitchen Table #1 (Time Warp Trio)

Weird and Crazy Humor

A Whole Nother Story
Boom!
The Dunderheads
SPHDZ Book #1! (Spaceheadz)
Vordak the Incomprehensible: How to Grow Up and Rule the World
The Fran That Time Forgot (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist)
The Wayside School Collection: Sidways Stories from Wayside School/Wayside School Is Falling Down/Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger [WAYSIDE SCHOOL COLL 8D]
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger

Sure, these books might not win a Newbery, or even be appealing to you, but just remember that the goal is to get your kids reading. So, ANY book that gets kids reading is good. More time reading gives your reader more practice, more confidence, and improved fluency. Remember — you want BOOK LOVE – that’s the ultimate goal.

FALLing for books!

Fall is my favorite season of the year.  I love going to the pumpkin farm with my son, drinking hot apple cider, and most of all, reading fall books!  This week, I'm including the covers of some great fall books that I think your children would love to hear you read to them (after jumping in the leaf piles, of course!) They are available at the West Allis Public Library.

Nonfiction reading

One of my favorite quotes about reading is by Dr. Seuss. He said, "The more you read, the more you know. The more you know, the smarter you grow!"

This week, many of my wonderful readers have been reading nonfiction books to learn new information about the world around them.  These are some of the things they have learned...through reading!

Oscar learned, "Snakes can climb trees and some snakes can be pets."



Scott learned, "Polar bears are bigger than black bears."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jaelyn learned, "Koalas come out at night."