Happy Halloween! As we continue our school year, I want to show you how you can partner read with your younger reader. My littlest one is in first grade, and when given the choice of reading materials, he will chose the easiest book just to get it over with. I don't want to push so much that he doesn't enjoy reading, but I do want him to be reading on his level. Reading on his level doesn't mean an actual letter level, but any book that is challenging enough that he has to work on a word or two on the page. In order for him to read longer books and feel success, we partner read with him. We started out with the Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willems. He would chose a character to be, and I would be the other one. We had a great time reading with expression and acting out the books. Now I have found that the Henry and Mudge books are great books for him because it gives him a bit of a challenge, and they are longer, so they last for the full 15 minutes of daily reading. He reads a page, and I read a page, and sometimes we don't make it through the whole story. That's fine because now he has something to look forward to when he reads again. If you have a really early reader, check out the video below for a way to partner read with your child. The video is from last spring, when my son was in kindergarten. The book he is reading is really easy for him, so I ended talking about the story as part of our partner time. He was motivated to read it, and that's half the battle!
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AuthorMy name is Laura Coffin, and I am the reading specialist at Lake Placid Elementary School. I have a BA from William Smith College and a M.Ed. in Reading from Lesley University. I also hold a Wilson Language Level I certification. I teach reading, writing and spelling strategies to help all students! Follow me on twitter @lgaetacoffin Archives
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