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Reading Tips for Parents of First Graders

By: Reading Rockets

Give your child lots of opportunities to read aloud. Inspire your young reader to practice every day! The tips below offer some fun ways you can help your child become a happy and confident reader. Try a new tip each week. See what works best for your child.

These tips for parents of first graders are also available to download and print:

Don’t leave home without it

Bring along a book or magazine any time your child has to wait, such as at a doctor's office. Always try to fit in reading!

Once is not enough

Encourage your child to re-read favorite books and poems. Re-reading helps kids read more quickly and accurately.

Dig deeper into the story

Ask your child questions about the story you've just read. Say something like, "Why do you think Clifford did that?"

Take control of the television

It's difficult for reading to compete with TV and video games. Encourage reading as a free-time activity.

Be patient

When your child is trying to sound out an unfamiliar word, give him or her time to do so. Remind to child to look closely at the first letter or letters of the word.

Pick books that are at the right level

Help your child pick books that are not too difficult. The aim is to give your child lots of successful reading experiences.

Play word games

Have your child sound out the word as you change it from mat to fat to sat; from sat to sag to sap; and from sap to sip.

I read to you, you read to me

Take turns reading aloud at bedtime. Kids enjoy this special time with their parents.

Gently correct your young reader

When your child makes a mistake, gently point out the letters he or she overlooked or read incorrectly. Many beginning readers will guess wildly at a word based on its first letter.

Talk, talk, talk!

Talk with your child every day about school and things going on around the house. Sprinkle some interesting words into the conversation, and build on words you've talked about in the past.

Write, write, write!

Ask your child to help you write out the grocery list, a thank you note to Grandma, or to keep a journal of special things that happen at home. When writing, encourage your child to use the letter and sound patterns he is learning at school.

Reading tips in other languages

A downloadable handout, for parents of babies, toddlers, and children in preschool to grade 3, is available in the following languages:

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1st Grade Reading Activities For Struggling Readers

First grade is often where your child’s reading foundation is developed thoroughly. This is an essential grade for your child to establish their reading level and progress. However, sometimes children might struggle as they try to advance their reading skills. If you find that your child is struggling with reading, you can help them by trying these 1st grade reading activities for struggling readers.

What reading skills should my 1st grader have?

Your first grader is definitely a full-fledged reader now! They already have many reading skills that they are continuing to improve and also acquiring new reading skills.

By the end of first grade, your child will have learned 150 sight words. They also should be familiar with many one syllable words and high-frequency words.

In first grade, they should be able to understand the basic structure and features of a sentence.

By now, they are also able to talk about what they have been reading and be able to answer content questions. Your child should also be able to understand the differences between fiction and non-fiction books and texts.

If you find that your child is struggling with any of these reading skills, they might need some more practice or intervention to help them get to their appropriate reading level.

How often should my 1st grader be reading? 

When it comes to practicing their reading skills, first graders on average should be reading at least 10 minutes every day.

This might not seem like a lot of time but even just 10 minutes of reading time can help make a massive improvement in their reading skills. Make the 10 minutes a daily habit for your child like brushing their teeth.

Also, while 10 minutes is a good average number for all readers, struggling readers might be overwhelmed with anything more than that.

Some children might be hesitant or resist reading every day at first, but there are ways to make reading fun and an activity they look forward to doing.

How do you make reading fun for struggling readers?

Reading can be difficult for some first graders. It is important to be patient but also encouraging with your struggling reader. Here are some activities to make reading fun for them to get them to read every day:

• Read as a family – Reading as a family not only creates strong bonds, but it also helps to give your child a model for good reading habits. When they see you prioritize reading, they are more likely to value it and prioritize it as well.

You can schedule 10 minutes for everyone to read their own books together or you can choose a book as a family to read aloud.

• Read on TV – Using television as a reading tool might seem counterintuitive, but it is a great way to get your child to read without even knowing it!

When your child is watching television turn on the subtitles so that they can watch and read at the same time. This is a strategy commonly used with students learning a second language to practice both reading and listening skills.

• Visit a library – Get your child excited to read by going on a couple “reading field trips” such as going to a library. You can tour your local library and have your child pick out a few books to take home.
• Visit a museum – Another great “reading field trip” option is to visit a museum. Museums often have a ton of great reading practice opportunities, and you can also prep your child before the visit by reading an article or story about the museum.
• Talk to an author – What better way to get your child about reading a book than by talking to the person that wrote it?

While you might not be able to talk to J.K. Rowling, many children’s books authors have meet ups at local bookstores or you can ask to talk to them virtually through Zoom.

Websites like Cameo also have some authors offering to record personalized videos, so you can have an author create a video just for your child!

• Create reading goals – Reading goals can help your child see the progress they are making and helps to keep them motivated. You can help them visualize and meet these goals by creating a reading goal chart or tracker and display it somewhere they will always see it.
  
• Use a reading app – Technology is your greatest tool to help with your struggling readers. Try using reading apps such as  Readability which acts like a private reading tutor for your child. They can get reading help whenever and wherever they need it!
• Get them to write – Reading and writing are closely related language skills. Often, good readers make good writers, and good writers make good readers.

You can encourage your child to practice their writing and reading skills by making comic books or short stories together then read them as their daily reading material.

First grade is a critical time for young readers to improve their reading skills and build new ones. Using activities and tools such as Readability can make reading fun and interactive for struggling or reluctant readers. Encouraging your child to read every day can help them to become a better reader and actually learn to enjoy reading.

texts to test reading technique - NAUMENOK

It is advisable to test the formation of reading skills 3 times a year: at the beginning of the academic year, at the end of the first half of the year and at the end of the academic year. But sometimes the teacher prefers to check the reading technique at the end of each quarter.

The reading technique test includes not only reading speed, but also reading accuracy, comprehension and expressiveness. I wrote about this in more detail in article 9.0005 "How to test a child's reading technique."

• Special texts are selected to test the reading technique.
• The text should be understandable to the child, but be unfamiliar to him.
• Sentences should be short, without any complicating constructions or signs.
• It is better if the text for checking reading is without illustrations and dialogues so that children do not get distracted while reading.
• Text must be placed on one page.
• While reading the text, you can not interrupt the child, correct mistakes. After completing the reading, you need to return to those words that caused difficulty or were read incorrectly and ask the child to read them again. In the process of reading, a first grader can follow the text with his finger so as not to lose the line.
• To test reading comprehension, you need to ask a few questions about the text.

Reading technique norm in grade 1

1st half year
Reading should be smooth syllabic, conscious and correct, with clear pronunciation of syllables and words.
Reading speed - 25-30 words per minute.

2nd half year
The child reads whole words correctly, consciously. Words with a complex syllabic structure are read syllable by syllable.
Reading speed - 30-40 words per minute.

These texts can be used not only to test the child's reading skills, but also for retelling. How to teach a child to retell can be found in the article “Teaching a child to retell”.

Reading technique test texts in grade 1

Swallow made a nest.

Questions:

1. What did the sparrow do?
2. Who did the swallow call for help?

Ant found a big grain. He couldn't carry it alone. The ant called for help from his comrades. Together, the ants easily dragged the grain into the anthill. (22 words)

Questions:

1. What did the ant find?
2. Why did the ant call his friends for help?

Summer

Warm summer has come. Currants ripened in the garden. Masha and Tanya collect it in a bucket. Mom will make jam from it. In winter, in the cold, children will drink tea with jam. (29 words)

Questions:

1. Which berry is ripe in the garden?
2. What will mother do?

The fox suggested that the crayfish run a race.

Questions:

1. What did the fox offer to cancer?
2. How did cancer outsmart the fox?

Cranes

Cranes live near swamps, forest lakes, meadows, river banks. Nests are built right on the ground. The crane circles over the nest, guarding it. At the end of summer, cranes gather in flocks and fly to warm countries. (33 words)

Questions:

1. Where do cranes build nests?
2. When do cranes fly to warm countries?

A little girl wound woolen threads around an egg. It turned out to be a ball. This ball she put on the stove in a basket. Three weeks have passed. Suddenly there was a squeak from the basket.

Questions:

1. How did the girl make the ball?
2. What happened to the ball after three weeks?

Mushrooms

The guys went to the forest for mushrooms. Dima found a beautiful boletus under a birch. Tanya saw a small butter dish under a pine tree. Ilya saw a huge boletus in the grass. In the grove they collected full baskets of various mushrooms. The children returned home happy and happy. (38 words)

Questions:

1. Who found the boletus?
2. What mushroom grew under a pine tree?
3. Where did the boletus hide?

Summer has come. In forest clearings, the grass is above the knees. Grasshoppers chirp. Strawberries turn red on the tubercles. Raspberries, lingonberries, wild roses, blueberries bloom. The chicks fly out of the nests.

Questions:

1. What is the grass in the meadows?
2. Which berries bloom?

Hedgehog

The guys were walking through the forest. We found a hedgehog under a bush. He curled up in fear. The guys rolled the hedgehog into a hat and brought it home. They gave him milk. The hedgehog turned around and began to eat milk. And then the hedgehog ran back to his forest. (39 words) (according to E. Charushin)

Questions:

1. Who did the guys find?
2. What did the hedgehog do with fear?
3. What did the guys give the hedgehog?

Bathing the cubs

A big bear and two merry cubs came out of the forest. The bear grabbed one cub with her teeth by the collar and let's dip into the river. The other cub got scared and ran into the forest.

Questions:

1. Who came out of the forest?
2. What did the second bear do?
3. Were the cubs satisfied with the bath?

In a dark forest, near a forest path, a beast lay down. This is a lynx - a cat the size of a large dog. Her tail is short, her ears are tufted, her skin is spotted. The lynx lies on a thick bough and waits. She will rush from the tree to her prey. (40 words)

Questions:

1. What is the tail of a lynx?
2. Where did the lynx hide?

Spring

The sun warmed the earth. Ran the streams. The rooks have arrived. Birds hatch chicks. A hare jumps merrily through the forest. The fox went hunting and smells the prey. The she-wolf led the cubs into the clearing.

Questions:

1. What does the hare do?
2. Where did the she-wolf lead the cubs?
3. Where do butterflies and bees fly?

What does the woodpecker do in the forest? He lives and works in the forest. A bird with a red cap on its head sits on a tall pine and knocks on the trunk with a strong beak. Why is he doing this? Woodpecker saves trees from harmful insects. Therefore, he is often called the forest doctor. (43 words)

Questions:

1. What does a woodpecker have on his head?
2. Why is a woodpecker called a forest doctor?

Misha is walking along the alley of the old park. Suddenly, a small red animal runs out onto the path right at his feet.

Questions:

1. Who was walking in the park?
2. Who did Misha meet?
3. What did the boy treat the squirrel to?

The boys went to school. Suddenly a dog jumped out. She barked at the guys. The boys started to run. Only Borya remained standing still. The dog stopped barking and approached Borya. Borya stroked her. Then Borya calmly went to school, and the dog quietly followed him. (44 words)

Questions:

1. Where were the guys going?
2. What happened on the way?
3. How did the boys behave?
4. What did Borya do?

For a long time I sat with a fishing rod on the shore. Minnows do not peck at me. And grandfather is sitting under a bush and has already caught a bucket. I sat down in the shade. Immediately the minnows began to peck. It turns out that in a clean place the shadow of the fishing rod is visible. So the cunning fish did not go to the hook.

Questions :

1. Where did grandfather fish?
2. Why was he fishing?
3. Why didn't the boy bite the fish at first?

Cockerel

A cockerel walks around the yard: a red comb on its head, a red beard under its nose. Petya's tail is a wheel, there are patterns on the tail, spurs on the legs. Petya found a grain. He calls a hen with chickens. They did not share the grain - they fought. Petya the cockerel reconciled them: he ate the grain himself, waved his wings, shouted at the top of his voice: “Ku-ka-re-ku!” (49words)

Questions:

1. Where does the cockerel go?
2. What did the cockerel find?
3. Whom did he call?
4. Why did the chickens fight?

Bats are very useful animals. They eat harmful insects.

Questions:

1. What are the benefits of bats?
2. How do bats sleep?
3. When do bats hunt?

Ducks

Vasya is sitting on the bank. He watches how the ducks swim in the pond: they hide their wide spouts in the water. Vasya does not know how to drive the ducks home. Vasya began to call the ducks: “Ooty-ooty-ducks! The noses are wide, the paws are webbed! Stop dragging worms, pinching grass - it's time for you to go home. Ducks Vasya obeyed, went ashore, go home. (52 words) (according to K. Ushinsky)

Questions:

1. What did Vasya do on the beach?
2. What kind of nose do ducks have?
3. What did Vasya call the ducks?
4. What did the ducks do?

Winter

Frost bound the earth.

Questions:

1. Who is happy about winter?
2. Who has it hard in winter?
3. How can you help the birds?

It was spring. The sun shone brightly. Flowers grew in the meadow. Four butterflies were flying above them: a red butterfly, a white butterfly, a yellow butterfly, and a green butterfly. Suddenly, a large black bird flew in. She saw butterflies and wanted to eat them. The butterflies got scared and sat on the flowers. A white butterfly sat on a chamomile. Red butterfly - on poppy. Yellow - on a dandelion, and green hid behind a leaf of a tree. A bird flew, flew, but did not see butterflies. (56 words)

Questions:

1. What butterflies were flying over the flowers?
2. Why didn't the bird see butterflies?

If the child's reading technique is below the norm, then it is necessary to read a lot (which is very difficult with poor reading quality) and does not always bring results. It is better to use special techniques and exercises, because. The reasons for bad reading can be different.

Slow readers and children who are struggling to improve their reading speed can be helped by using syllabary reading or, much more effectively, by using an integrated approach that includes various professional techniques.

To do this, I suggest you use the books:

THE BIG BOOK OF SYLLING TABLES is

• a ready-made tool for training reading and speed reading skills;
• 200 syllabic tables of different levels of complexity;
• professional spreadsheet technique.

The most effective methods will allow each table to be used repeatedly several times, increasing the child's interest in reading.

By working with these syllable tables the child will receive:

• improved reading skills;
• increased reading speed;
• improved diction;
• reading comprehension;
• development of thinking and attention;
• vocabulary expansion;
• increased self-confidence.

The child will stop stumbling over difficult words while reading. The reading process will become natural and painless.

You can easily print the pages you need. All pages of the book can be used separately.
THE BIG BOOK OF SAYLING CHARTS is suitable for those who are just taking their first steps in reading, and for those who want to significantly improve the quality of reading.

Syllabary charts help children develop speed reading skills. But it often happens that a child gets stuck at a reading speed of 10-20 words per minute. It is important to track this moment in time and start immediately performing the necessary exercises.

I have created a training that will help you overcome this barrier without much difficulty. It is convenient to use both at home and when working with the whole class. A variety of tasks will not let children get bored, and parents and teachers will not have to select the necessary material for a long time and torment children with an exhausting, incredibly difficult process at this stage - reading.

Download TRAINING "Speed ​​Reading and Speech Development"

Together with the training you will receive a small book as a gift - 20 syllabic tables for practicing reading skills (they do not repeat the tables of a large book).

Reading texts grade 1 print with tasks

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The skill of high-quality reading and writing depends on the state of visual perception and attention of the child.
The better the child recognizes visual images, the better he reads and writes more competently.

Working with noisy texts engages the child's brain as much as possible and greatly increases the productivity of classes. At the same time, there is a development of figurative thinking, attention, memory, the ability to understand what is read.

• Noisy texts with questions;
• Texts with questions for reading, retelling, checking reading technique;
• Method of working with noisy texts;
• High productivity options;
• Exercises for developing speech and reading comprehension.

• read speed increases;
  
• attention and memory develop;
  
• conscious reading skills are developed;
  
• develop self-control skills;
  
• speech develops;
  
• the number of writing errors decreases;
  
• the process of writing summaries and essays is facilitated;
  
• improvement of educational performance.

Suitable for individual and group lessons.
Easy to print and use.

The Noisy Texts book series consists of three parts.
Texts differ in the number of words, complexity and degree of noise.
It is desirable to work on all three levels of difficulty.

Level 1

Number of words in texts 25-55. A simple noisemaker.

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Level 2

Number of words in texts 35-75. Inclined skimmer.

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Level 3

Number of words in texts 45-95. Complicated noise.

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Extracurricular reading Grade 1 - list of literature for the summer

So the first grade is over. One of the most important skills that a child has mastered in a year of schooling is reading. In order to properly train this skill, teachers give students a list of literature for the summer. Let's find out which works are worth to read to a former first grader during the summer holidays.

Benefits of summer reading

Many parents wonder: is it really necessary to force a child to read in the summer? After all, vacations are given for that, so that the student can relax and take a break from school, books and notebooks. This is especially true for children who have completed the first grade. They still have so many years of study ahead of them ... So maybe you shouldn't load them with extracurricular reading?

In fact, reading at home does not create a special load. And if the child loves to read, it will become part of the rest for him. In addition, reading in the summer is of great benefit:

• maintains the intellectual tone of the child, broadens his horizons;
• trains discipline;
• promotes spiritual and moral education, reveals to the child such important concepts as good and evil, teaches compassion, helping others, talks about the importance of friendship;
• trains reading technique (which is very important for successful schooling).

The benefits of reading can hardly be overestimated, so it should not be neglected. If the teacher gave the children too much list for the summer, in your opinion, you may not read everything in a row. Select the works that your son or daughter likes and complement them with books of your choice.

We offer you a list of children's literature recommended for extracurricular reading for yesterday's first graders. It includes fairy tales, stories, poems by Russian and foreign writers and poets.

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Reading list for extra-curricular reading Grade 1

The Ministry of Education of Russia recommends reading these literary works to children who have completed the first grade.

Fairy tales

• Russian folk tales "The Cockerel and the Bean Seed", "Porridge from an Axe", "Geese Swans" and others.
• Tales of the peoples of Russia.
• A. Pushkin "The Tale of Tsar Saltan", "The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Bogatyrs".
• G. H. Andersen The Princess and the Pea, Thumbelina, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling.
• Brothers Grimm "Sweet Porridge", "Golden Goose".
• Ch. Perrault Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood.
• D. Mamin-Sibiryak "Grey neck".
• L. Tolstoy "Three Bears".
• E. Uspensky "Crocodile Gena and his friends", "Uncle Fyodor, dog and cat".
• P. Bazhov "Silver Hoof".
• J. Rodari "Journey of the Blue Arrow".
• A. Lindgren "The Kid and Carlson".
• A. Milne "Winnie the Pooh and all-all-all."
• R. Kipling "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", "Why does a camel have a hump", "Elephant".
• T. Janson "Little trolls and a big flood."

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Stories

• N. Nosov "Live Hat", "Patch", "Entertainers".
• V. Kataev "Pipe and jug", "Flower-seven-flower".
• M. Prishvin "Hedgehog", "Birch bark tube", "Fox bread".

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