1. Strategies to Help Your Child Read

2. Strategy 1 Look at the picture Look at the picture before reading. Refer to the picture at difficulty. DO NOT COVER THE PICTURE!

3. Strategy 2 Does It Make Sense? Predict a word that makes sense. Does the picture match what you read? If not, try another word. The cat is orange.

4. Strategy 3 Get your mouth ready. Say the beginning sound and look at the picture. f –

5. Strategy 4 Does It Look Right? Look at the beginning sound. Does it match what your child said? Look through the entire word. fish

6. Strategy 5 Reread When your child is “stuck” on a word, reread to try to figure it out.

7. Strategy 6 Does It Sound Right? The words that your child reads must make sense in the English language. “ Him goes to the store.”

8. Strategy 7 Look For Chunks Look for a part that you know. h and s Look for similar words. d og fr og l og

9. Now we CRASH through our words. Cr a sh What about "sounding it out"?