The last news post about reading offered you lots of different ways to support your child’s reading. Here are some more ways to help your child whilst reading; these are more related to helping your child’s understanding of grammar, punctuation and spelling.
Word
- What does … mean? Can you think of another word that means the same/similar?
- Which word tells you that… ?
- Which word describes… ?
- Find two verbs / adjectives / adverbs on this page.
- Pick a descriptive word from the text, write it down and, using a thesaurus, write down five synonyms (different words with almost identical or similar meanings) and antonyms (words of opposite meaning) for that word.
- Write down any words you had difficulty reading.
- Write down any words that you don’t know the meaning of, then find them in a dictionary and write the meaning.
Phonics
- Can you write a list of other words with the ‘oo’ sound in (or choose a different sound, depending on sounds in book).
- Using one or two words from this list, write your own sentence.
- Can you find these sounds in another book?
- How many words can you find on this page beginning with ‘c’ or ‘br’ or ending in ‘ck’ (again, choose a letter string that is appropriate – think about what spellings your child has recently been learning).
- Play ‘I spy’ with words that begin with ‘br’, ‘cl’, ‘dr’ for example.
Punctuation
- Can you find the speech marks, exclamation marks, question marks, full, stops, commas?
- Can you write some sentences using some of the above punctuation?