Echo Reading
Helpful Reading Hints from Title 1
by Missy Shanahan
One of the ways your child is learning to read fluently is by reading with a more skilled reader using a strategy called Echo Reading. In school, your child reads with me and other readers. Reading along with a more skilled reader is both fun for your child and and a good learning experience. Echo reading is described below. Try it with your child.
1. Choose a book that your child can read easily. To find out whether your child can read a particular book, open the book and have your child read a randomly chosen page aloud. If your child stumbles on more than one word out of every 10 words, select an easier book.
2. Place your child on your lap or near you. Hold the book together with your child.
3. Read the book with expression in a soft voice. Have your child read with you. Encourage your child to read with expression.
4. As your child's reading becomes more fluent, decrease the volume of your voice until he or she is reading alone.
5. Congratulate your child on his or her reading. Remember, your child is learning to read and may make many errors. It's the practice that counts.
Thank you again for all the work you do with your children. Reading with them at home makes a huge difference!
Echo Reading
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