Reading Becoming Strong Readers: ▶ Pick both fiction and nonfiction books on topics that interest them and that they can read on their own. ▶ Read silently. ▶ Ask and answer questions about texts they read. ▶ Point out characters in a story and understand what makes them different from each other. ▶ Make connections between a story and their own lives. ▶ Figure out the lesson, or moral, of a story they read or hear. ▶ Learn new words while reading on their own. Exploring Texts: ▶ Read storybooks, poems, fairy tales, journals, picture books, nonfiction books, articles, and many other kinds of text. ▶ Read so that they can find the answer to a specific question. ▶ Pull important information from graphs, diagrams, and charts. ▶ Look for captions, indexes, and sidebars to find information. ▶ Connect and compare information they read in one book to related information found in another. ▶ Figure out the main idea of a text and point out how the author makes that clear. Writing Writing With Purpose: ▶ Write for different purposes, such as to give an opinion, provide information, or tell a story. ▶ Choose what to include and what to delete in their writing, over the course of multiple drafts. ▶ Create a story that flows from one event to another in an order that makes sense. ▶ Describe the actions, thoughts, and feelings of their characters. ▶ Introduce topics or opinions and use facts to develop their points. ▶ Develop a clear beginning, middle, and end to a story.
Lit Facts
Each year, most students spend about 7,800 hours at home compared to only 950 hours at school—one of the many reasons you are the most influential and important teacher your child will ever have!
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Family Guide to Literacy | Grade 2
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