Dear Parent(s)/Caregiver(s),
Please find enclosed some useful information on how you can support your child in
reading at home. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hestitate to
contact us.
Regards,
The Year 2 Team
Home School Partnership - Reading at Home
Make a regular time for reading every day
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Find a quiet place for reading
Let your child know that you ENJOY the time together
Make listening to reading a SPECIAL time
PRAISE every effort in reading, especially if your child’s confidence if low
Focus on your child’s accomplishments as a reader as opposed to comparing
him/her with relatives and friends
Reading for meaning
Remember that getting meaning from print is what it is all about.
TALK about the book before you read it
LOOK at the pictures, the cover, the title
ASK “What do you think this is about?”
GO through the book page by page
TALK about the pictures and the words or ideas that might be in the book
Be Patient
Give your child time to work out words.
FIVE seconds or more is reasonable.
After TEN seconds ENCOURAGE your child to use the following strategies when
they come to an unknown word...
 “What do you think the word is?”
 “Read the sentence and see if you can work it out.”
 “Look at the picture for any cues.”
 “What does the word start with?”
 “Have a go.”
 “Break the word down into chunks.”
Remember ENCOURAGEMENT is the key.
Some things to DO
Do praise your child when an idea or word is used
that you know will come up in the story.
Do read from pictures, encourage your child to build
up a story before looking at the print.
Do ask questions like
 “What can you tell about the story from the
pictures?”
 “What do you think will happen in the story?”
Do talk about the start of the story, what happened by the end of the story, the
people in the story...etc.
Correcting mistakes your child makes
1. If the mistake makes sense, as in misreading of house for home, let your
child continue to the end of the sentence. Then go back and ask “What word
is that?”
2. If the mistake does not make sense, lead your child to correct the mistake by
allowing for time to self-correct.
3. Reread what your child has said and ask “Does that make sense?”
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4. Finally, if the meaning is still not clear, look at the word and find familiar
sounds, such as ‘s’ at the beginning and ‘ing’ at the end.
Children could be asked the following questions when they have finished
reading the book...
 Did you enjoy the book? What makes you say that?
 How did you choose it?
 Who were the characters?
-Which was your favourite? Why?
-How could you describe this character?
 Was there anything you did not like?
 Could you reread you favourite piece?
 Could you think of another ending?
 Did you come across any unusual words?
 Are there any words you did not know the meaning of?
 Can you retell what happened in the story? Who? When? Where?
Any problems – how were they solved?
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