Students must be able to read with Practice reading prose and poetry Reading enough accuracy and fluency so out loud with your child. Provide Skills Grade that they understand what they are your child with feedback. For Use these tips to help your 4 Standard 4 reading. Often, if students are example, “It seems you are child read for meaning. (RF.4.4) struggling to pronounce words or reading a bit slow in this part of read fluency, they do not the poem,” or, “Can you show understand what they read. A more excitement when you read student who comprehends what he this line?” reads will: Allow your child to read the same Print the poetry sheets. book(s) to you often, so that he Practice reading them aloud read a grade-level text and can see how much he is with your child. understand why he/she is improving. reading it and what it means. read both prose and poems out Remind your child to reread loud with accuracy, appropriate when what he/she read does not speed, and in an expressive make sense. manner. Students will be able to Watch these videos with do this multiple times without a Help your child look for clues to your child to review the problem. help him/her understand new strategy of using context use clues in the surrounding words. Do not just tell him/her clues. sentences to understand words what the word means. Discover they might be familiar with. the meaning together. This might require that students go back and reread certain parts of a text.
Reading Skills Grade 4 Standard 4 (RF.4.4) Students must be able to read with enough accuracy and fluency so that they understand what they are reading. Often, if students are struggling to pronounce words or read fluency, they do not understand what they read. A student who comprehends what he reads will: read a grade-level text and understand why he/she is reading it and what it means. read both prose and poems out loud with accuracy, appropriate speed, and in an expressive manner. Students will be able to do this multiple times without a problem. use clues in the surrounding sentences to understand words they might be familiar with. This might require that students go back and reread certain parts of a text. Practice reading prose and poetry out loud with your child. Provide your child with feedback. For example, “It seems you are reading a bit slow in this part of the poem,” or, “Can you show more excitement when you read this line?” Allow your child to read the same book(s) to you often, so that he can see how much he is improving. Remind your child to reread when what he/she read does not make sense. Help your child look for clues to help him/her understand new words. Do not just tell him/her what the word means. Discover the meaning together. Use these tips to help your child read for meaning. Print the poetry sheets. Practice reading them aloud with your child. Watch these videos with your child to review the strategy of using context clues.
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