Colebrook Consolidated School

Welcome to Mrs. Pac's Reading Room

                          Developing Reader

A developing reader can read many words by sight.  He can read more quickly now and is able to read simple chapter books.  A recent study indicates that fourth grade students who read an average of 11 pages a day do better in school than those who read less. 

Some things that you can do to assist a developing reader are:

        Continue to read aloud.  Often parents discontinue reading orally at this stage because  
        their child can read independently.  It is still important for your child to hear you
        read.  Choose more difficult chapter books to read aloud.

Ask your child to tell you about the book he is reading.  Listen carefully to his response.  You might ask:                                
                                               
What is the book about?

 What do you think will happen next?

 Does that sound like anyone we know?

 Is this book like any other?

This is a good time to order a magazine subscription for your child.  There are many great magazines out there.  It is a good idea to look them over at the library before committing to a subscription. 

Help your child to select his reading material.  The book should be easy enough to be enjoyable, but hard enough so that he will have to work through some words or ideas.  Be sure to select books that are interesting to your child.

If your child is having trouble with a section of the book, suggest rereading a paragraph, have your child read the difficult paragraph aloud, or if all else fails, abandon the book.

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