2nd Parent Reading Helps

2nd Parent Help

At-Home Reading Skill

High Frequency Words:

   

Parents:  Remember that the below listed high frequency words are found 75% of the time in all readers from 1st through 3rd grade.  By research, you are a big factor in your child’s motivation to read.  

   KEY TO GET YOUR CHILD MOTIVATED TO READ:  

   READ TO YOUR CHILD — try to plan a time each evening.

   

Reading each night to your child from readers that hold your child’s interest starts a strong interest in learning to read.  These reading projects can be in books that are much higher skill level than your child can read but these much higher skill level readers will greatly improve your child’s vocabulary by developing his listening skills in the meaning of what is being read.  Vocabulary knowledge is the number one skill that improves comprehension in all reading projects, including math. 

 Reading to your child influences your child’s interest to “want” to read.  However, you can select any reader that best holds your child’s attention.  Studies indicate that TV and Screen Games like XBOX need to be limited in access to best catch your child’s attention to read.  This is a suggestion for your child’s reading motivation and is supported by research.    Select readers that will also hold your child’s attention.  Take your child to the library at least once a month to select a reader from the Public Library.  

A good selection of high skill readers with high vocabulary books to read to your child is from “historical fiction.”  Historical fiction keeps your child’s attention in suspenseful situations, but “historical fiction” also holds real historical events that your child will eventually need to know to add a broad background knowledge in literal historical events in our nation’s history.  You can ask your librarian about historical fiction that provides this type of information.  One favorite “historical fiction” writer is Anna Myers. Anna Myers once worked as a teacher of 8th grade students in Oklahoma, and then she became a published author.  
  

Your child will be able to see events in history and how certain people as displayed by the authors of historical fiction perceived these events.  These “historical fiction” novels” should be easily located at the Public Library.  Please ask the Librarian to help you.  

Furthermore, 
See Anna Myers web site at the following web address: http://www.annamyers.info/index.html

  DON’T FORGET — 

  BESIDES YOU READING TO YOUR CHILD—

  YOUR CHILD ALSO READS TWENTY MINUTES— each day, on own skill level —

   

  RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP YOUR CHILD READ AT HIS/HER SKILL LEVEL

  This is strongly recommended for reading skill development. 

Prior to a nightly planned reading that you provide your child from a higher skill level reader (about a chapter a night to your child), since your child needs to read at least 20 minutes a day on his/her own skill level then a scheduled reading period for your child to do this may be as soon as your child comes home from public school, or if you are home schooling, a quiet study area with a snack is recommended for daily assignment completions.  The reader is selected on his/her skill level and interest choice.  Please insure that your child reads this short story three times at least per week to increase fluency in reading.  Please listen to your child read to you from this easy-reader—no less than twenty minutes an evening, at least four nights a week.  

  PROBLEM THAT YOUR CHILD HAS LIMITED WORD RECOGNITION?

   The first skill needed prior to recognizing words is the recognition of letter-sound matches and word-family drill practices that will insure phoneme and phonic skills.  Phoneme skills are verbal skills that address correct pronunciation of words that are needed prior to introduction of the letter symbols that match the sounds.  Phoneme is verbal skills (sound recognition) without letter symbols.  Often speech and language therapy may be needed to assist in mastery of phoneme awareness since many delayed readers do not hear the nuances between certain sounds. Once phoneme awareness is mastered, then the visual symbol of the letter as it matches the sound needs to be mastered.   

IF YOUR CHILD DOES NOT KNOW HIS LETTER NAMES AND THE BASIC SOUNDS, 

  STOP! 

PLEASE SEE THE SECTION “LETTER & SOUND” MATCH FOR PRACTICE.

DO NOT GO FORWARD TO THE “HIGH FREQUENCY” WORDS UNTIL LETTER NAME AND SOUNDS ARE MASTERED.

If your child recognizes all 26 letter names (please check this with the written letters and point to them out of order for letter name recognition) and most of the word family recognitions of letter sound matches (all these practice screens are under 1st Parent Help, “Letter & Sound,” this website, then go on to the following HIGH FREQUENCY words listed below.  Check to see that your child is able to transfer recognition of each word from one of his/her library books to a different book among the library readers that your child brings home weekly.  This is a key for your child to become an independent reader if your child can transfer or generalize one word in a certain format with the same word in a differently formatted text. 

  

The BIG PARENT HELP will be to present your child ten words FROM THE LIST BELOW THAT YOUR CHILD INITIALLY DOES NOT RECOGNIZE.  Introduce the ten words at the beginning of each week and each evening allow your child to reuse the words in verbal sentences.  Then by the fourth day of use, ASSIST YOUR CHILD TO PLACE HIS/HER VERBAL SENTENCES in a very short written sentence. Try to limit the sentence to no more than three words with only one syllable words. AN EXAMPLE:  “MAKE IT.”   

REMEMBER:  Best practice for reading skill development—use recognition of the word in conjunction with oral use of the word in a short sentence—then have your child write the oral sentence that was given verbally, placing it in writing with correct capitalization, punctuation, noun-verb agreement (syntax) and spelling.

  Research concerning parent involvement indicates that you are the main factor that influences your child’s academic successes in school and his or her choices for independent skill development in the future.  Good parenting and good academic practice on a daily basis assists your child to become all those right choices that you hope for your child.  God bless you in your choices.

  First Grade Skill Mastery

Beginning

High Frequency Word List–use 10 per week. 

the                        at                                            there                         some                                     my

of                          be                                            use                            her                                        than

and                       this                                        an                               would                                   first

a                            have                                      each                          make                                     water

to                          from                                      which                        like                                        been

in                         or                                            she                             him                                      call   

is                           one                                        do                               into                                       who

you                       had                                        how                           time                                       because

that                        by                                          their                          has                                         red

it                             me                                        if                               look                                       now

he                            but                                       will                            two                                        find

was                          not                                       up                              more                                     long

for                            what                                    other                          write                                     down

on                             all                                        about                          go                                           day    

are                           were                                     out                               see                                         did

as                             we                                        many                            number                                get

with                         when                                   then                              no                                          come

his                            your                                    them                              way                                       made

they                          can                                      these                              could                                    may

I                                said                                     so                                   people                                  part

First Grade Skill Mastery

Middle-Ending

over                            name                                 boy                                 such                                    change

new                             good                                 follow                            don’t                                    off

sound                         am                                     came                              turned                                 play

take                             man                                   want                               here                                     going

only                            think                                 show                               why                                     air

little                            say                                   also                                  asked                                   away

work                           great                                around                            went                                animals

know                          where                               it’s                                    men                                    house

place                            help                                three                                 read                                    I’m

years                            through                          small                                need                                   page

live                               much                               saw                                  land                                   warm

letter                             before                             put                                   different                           mother

back                              line                                 end                                    home                               answer

give                              right                               does                                   us                                      found

most                              too                                 another                              move                                day

very                               means                           well                                   try                                      still

after                               old                                large                                  kind                                   learn

things                            any                                must                                  hand                                 should

our                                 same                             big                                     picture                             became

just                                 tell                                even                                  again                                 world

Second Grade Skill Mastery 

Beginning to Ending Grade Skill Practice

wish                        care                                   able                                carry                             become

cat                            above                               bed                                 catch                             across

caught                     add                                   certain                          began                           against

behind                     city                                    being                            class                              believe

clean                        almost                               below                           close                              along

best                          clothes                               already                         better                            cold

between                   although                           coming                        always                         bike

complete                  black                                  among                         boat                            couldn’t

body                         country                               books                          cut                             boot

dad                           both                                    dark                             box                            deep

anything                   bring                                  broke                           didn’t                     brother

died                        brought                             ask                                   build                     dinner

bus                          ate                                      buy                                  dog                       doing

baby                        called                                bad                                  door                       ball

draw                        beautiful                          car                                    dream                    dry

full                           during                              fun                                    funny                     however

early                         game                                 hurt                                 earth                      gave

easy                          I’d                                      eat                                    getting                    idea

either                        girl                                    else                                   important               enough

goes                           inside                               ever                                  gone                       instead

every                         everyone                          got                                    everything             grade

fact                             family                               green                                job                          fare

group                         jump                                 fast                                   grow                       father

keep                           favorite                            half                                    kept                        feel

kids                             feet                                   happy                               killed                     fell

hard                              few                                  knew                               field                       fight

having                          lady                                 finally                              head                       fine

hear                              last                                    fire                                    heard                      later

heart                            fish                                     heavy                               leave                       five    

left                               fix                                        less                                   let                            food

high                            life                                         hill                                  light                        form

four                            hit                                          list                                    free                         hold

friend                         hope                                      lived                                front                       hour

lives                           ride                                        looking                            river                       lost

room                          lot                                          often                                  round                     lots

run                             love                                       running                             lunch                      once

mad                           sat                                          main                                   order                    making

scared                       school                                    sea                                      outside                second

maybe                      never                                      own                                     seen                      set

paper                        several                                  might                                   park                      shall

miss                          mind                                     party                                     ship                       mom

past                           short                                     money                                   shot                      moon

perhaps                   person                                  morning                                 pick                     shown

sick                           side                                       plants                                     simple                 since

possible                   sister                                     myself                                    probably             size

problem                   sky                                        near                                         sleep                    rain

snow                         next                                      ready                                       nice                     real

someone                   night                                    really                                      something          reason

soon                           young                                  nothing                                  rest                       space

special                       stand                                    today                                    without                start

together                     woke                                    started                                   told                      state

stay                             took                                     top                                         wouldn’t              stood

tree                              yard                                    stop                                        tried                     store

trouble                        yes                                      story                                      example               street

trying                          point                                  stuff                                        summer               under

sun                              until                                   sure                                        upon                     talk

teach                            teacher                              used                                       ten                         walk

wanted                        that’s                                 wasn’t                                    watch                  themselves

week                            they’re                               third                                     while                    those

though                         whole                               thought                                 win                      throw

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