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    You can support your child's reading,

    by using these prompts when he/she is "stuck" on a word:

     

    To encourage your child to use the meaning of the story, you might say to him/her:

    Try that again.

    You said_____. Does that make sense?

    Look at the picture.

    What might happen next in the story?

    Did that make sense?

    What would make sense?

    Try _______, would that make sense?

     

    To encourage your child to think about the structure of the story, you might say to him/her:

    Does it look right?

    Can you say it that way?

    What would sound right?

    Try _____. Would that sound right?

     

    To encourage your child to visually problem solve the unknown word, you might say to him/her:

    Does it look right?

    What do you expect to see at the beginning? At the end?

    Do you know a word like that?

    What does it start with? Can you say more than that?

    What do you know that might help?

     

    To encourage your child to self-correct their errors, you might say to him/her:

    You're nearly right. Try that again.

    I liked the way you worked that out.

    You made a mistake. Can you find it?

    Something wasn't quite right.

     

    To encourage your child to read fluently you might say to him/her:

    Put your words together so it sounds like you're talking.

    Can you read this quickly?