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Help with Reading

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Children's education doesn't have to end when they leave the classroom. Support parents with imporving their children's reading comprehension skills at home with this list of guiding questions.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

reading comprehension

Additional Tags

parent support, reading comprehension, reading support, parent communication, parent help, classroom support

Instructional Ideas

  • Provide this resource to parents as part of a back-to-school packet
  • Discuss these tips during a Back-to-School Night presentation
  • Have these handouts available during parent-teacher conferences

Pros

  • Includes comprehension questions for both fiction and non-fiction texts
  • Questions focus on key components of literature and informational texts

Cons

  • None

Common Core

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