| improve reading comprehension? Here the 8 key | | | | by taking images of different parts of the history |
| competences reading strategies for teachers in | | | | of the practice. |
| primary schools across the country are used to | | | | - See what happened in history. Find help |
| improving reading comprehension. You can support | | | | descriptive words in the text of your child to |
| your child in learning the practical understanding of | | | | make a mental image. "This can also be a drawing |
| these activities at home. | | | | activity if your child shows scenes of the story. |
| Encourage your child: | | | | - Re-read difficult passages in order to clarify |
| - Ask questions about the text. Provide | | | | ideas. Your child will learn how to need help to do |
| opportunities for online research and unanswered | | | | so. You can model in this sense when reading |
| questions in the library. | | | | aloud to your child: "That part was very confusing |
| - Predictions about text using prior knowledge and | | | | for me. I read it again to help me understand." |
| looking at photos. Make sure your child is checked | | | | - Consider how the text makes him / her the |
| whether their predictions were correct. | | | | feeling that your child loves the story? Why or |
| - Making the Connection: The book is for your | | | | why not? If your child could rewrite the story, |
| child something that he / she has personally | | | | what would he/she do differently than the |
| experienced or read, remember before that? | | | | author? Why does the character behave in a |
| - Compare and contrast characters in the book. | | | | certain way? Your child has made decisions the |
| Encourage your child about the surface-level | | | | same or different? This is a higher level, the |
| observations to think and to compare the actions | | | | discussion questions to promote a better |
| and motivations of various characters. | | | | understanding of history. |
| - Summarize what happened in the beginning, | | | | Good readers use these strategies of reading, |
| middle and end of the story. This is a key skill of | | | | without thinking, begin to read, but young children |
| understanding, which later allows you to organize | | | | should be taught explicitly to understand what |
| your child to turn your ideas into paragraphs and | | | | they read. Use these strategies to practice |
| essays. Children from pre-school children, this can | | | | reading with your child at home. |