Homework          


What can I do to help my child at home?

Parents are essential to the success of the Reading Recovery Program.

                Each evening the students bring home at least one book (most of the time, three books)  to read. 
               They will ask their parents to listen to them and to
                assist them by asking them to use clues and problem
                solving rather than giving them the answers or sounding it out.
                Tips for helping your child read:
      • Give your child 5 to 10 seconds...sometimes longer...to make an attempt at the unknown word.  Instead of telling him or her the word or saying "Sound it out", ask questions or make statements such as:
      • What would make sense here?
      • What do you think that word could be?
      • Use the picture to help you figure out what it could be.
      • Go back to the beginning an try that again.
      • Skip over it and read to the end of the sentence.  Now what do you think it could be?
      • Put in a word that would make sense there.
      • Look at how that word begins.  Get your mouth ready to say the word.  Start it out and keep reading.
      • Finally, tell the child the word if he still does not know it.

                MOST IMPORTANT!!!!

                Look at what your child is doing well and attempting to do. Remain loving and supportive.  When your child is
                having difficulty and trying to work out trouble spots, use comments such as:

      • Good for you! I like the way you tried to work that out.
      • That was a good try.  Yes, that word would make sense there.
      • I like the way you looked at the picture to help yourself.
      • I like the way you went back to the beginning of the sentence and tried that again.  That's what  a good reader does.
      • You are becoming a good reader.  I'm very proud of you.


                Additionally, students bring home a cut-up sentence each evening and
                parents are asked to assist their children if necessary in putting the
                sentence back together and letting them read it.                  

        1. Listen to your child read the complete sentence that the teacher has printed on the envelope. 
            (If he/she has forgotten the sentence, tell your child and have your child repeat the sentence.)

        2. Watch your child put the cut-up pieces back into the correct order. He/she may do this with
           or without the envelope as a guide.  Have your child read the sentence out loud as it
            is constructed. This activity needs to be repeated at least three times in the beginning.

        3. After the sentence is put back together ask your child to check it against the sentence on
           the envelope to make sure it is correct and your child can read it to you.

        4. Be careful not to use words as flashcards or expect your child to read the words without
           the entire sentence being present.

        5. Finally, have your child glue the cut-up sentence into the sentence book that has been
            provided.  Make sure that this is returned each day along with the envelope in the book bag.

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