| To help your child improve his or her reading skills, | | | | providing the building blocks of language. First |
| teachers use what is known as reading levels to | | | | Grade As first graders begin to progress, the |
| help create guided reading curriculum's. Each | | | | guided reading curriculum will begin to introduce |
| reading level has a set of books that are | | | | slightly more advanced skills. It often begins with |
| specifically geared towards improving different | | | | learning the difference between nouns and verbs, |
| reading skills and comprehension, depending in part | | | | and builds upon the skills learned in kindergarten. |
| on the child's age. If you would like to use | | | | These stories may also be more advanced, |
| summer vacation to help your child get a head | | | | containing longer sentences and plots where the |
| start, his or her teacher should be able to provide | | | | characters interact more frequently. Second |
| you with the list ahead of time. This can help you | | | | Grade The more advanced second grade guided |
| create your own guided reading curriculum. The | | | | reading curriculum finds children more able to |
| guided reading curriculum become slightly more | | | | answer questions about the stories they have |
| advanced with each passing school year. The | | | | read. Their reading comprehension has advanced, |
| hope is that when the child graduates from the | | | | as well as their retention of the material. Many |
| sixth grade, they will have acquired a large set of | | | | children this age even begin to read short chapter |
| reading comprehension skills. These skills will help | | | | books. While a guided reading curriculum is |
| them succeed in middle school, high school, and | | | | generally created for a specific age group, it is |
| beyond. Here are a few examples of what a | | | | important to assess where a particular student is |
| good guided reading curriculum should strive to | | | | and find appropriate material for their level. |
| teach. Kindergarten As the child begins learning to | | | | Students with a lower comprehension should be |
| read and enters school for the first time, they | | | | approached with material to help meet their |
| begin with a guided reading curriculum meant to | | | | needs, without making them feel inadequate. This |
| impart the basics of reading. The books use | | | | is also important for students with learning |
| sentences that may be only two or three words, | | | | disabilities. It may be helpful to use a guided |
| and each of these words tends to be four or | | | | reading curriculum that has advanced stories told |
| fewer letters. Such examples as "See Spot Run" | | | | in a simple, building block format in cases like |
| may be memories from your childhood, and are | | | | these. If you understand your child's reading level |
| still popular favorites in a kindergarten guided | | | | and guided reading curriculum, you can help them |
| reading curriculum. The goal of these books is to | | | | meet their educational goals and spend quality |
| teach children the sounds that the different | | | | time with them. |
| letters make, and to help them understand how | | | | Jon Kelly is a published author who writes articles, |
| these sounds change as the letters are strung | | | | that includes ideas about studying techniques and |
| together. Often they employ rhyming words to | | | | speed reading. To get more ideas about speed |
| help reinforce the patterns. A young child's guided | | | | reading. Please visit:Speed Reading Specialist. |
| reading curriculum has the primary goal of | | | | |