Supporting Children’s Reading and Language Arts Work
As children engage in reading and language arts work, ask them to explain their thinking. Provide coaching as needed for areas that challenge children, referring to any supports on the pages. Engage children in conversation to broaden their speaking and listening skills. Consult the Answer Key provided, if you need to find correct answers. Coaching Strategies When a child responds to a text, say: • Great idea! • I can see you are really thinking. • Do you have any other ideas to share? • I can see you really enjoyed reading this text. • What words would you use to describe this story (text)? When a child appears to be confused or challenged, say: • Let’s think about this together. Begin by giving hints and guiding the child to come up with an answer. • Let’s see how you can use the picture to help you. • Remember, you can always ask for help. When a child needs help sounding out a word with one or two syllables, say: • Let’s sound out this word together. • Let’s see what sound the word begins and ends with. • Let’s see what sounds the vowels make.
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