Kendra Trainer and Jaime Brown
Reading Specialists
The Cueing Systems
- Meaning Cues (Semantic) using background knowledge, context clues, and picture clues
- Language Structure Cues (Syntactic) using knowledge of language patterns
- Phonics/Visual cues (Graphophonic) using letter-sound relationships and visual information in the print
- Students read meaningfully when they use the cues simultaneously.
What can I do to help myself with comprehension?
- Predict
- Use prior knowledge
- Visualize
- Connect
- Compare/Contrast
- Summarize
- Verify
- Set purpose
What can I do to help myself read a word?
- Reread
- S-L-O-W D-O-W-N
- Look at the pictures
- Sound it out
- Break it up
- Look for smaller words within the word
- Put in another word that makes sense
- Skip it--Keep going, then go back to figure it out
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 Hayfield Elementary
Reading Toward Success
Dear Parents,
Research shows that when parents are involved in their children's education, their children have a greater chance of experiencing success in school. Research also shows that reading is the one area that influences all other areas of school. There are specific ways that you as parents can be involved and provide opportunities that will help your children toward school success. These activities are by no means a complete list, but I have chosen the ones that are interesting and motivating to get you off to a good start. Have fun!
 Ten Things Parents Can Do To Help Their Child Read Better
1. Read to your child. Preferably every day, from ages 1 to 12. From a wide variety of materials: classics and contemporary; fact and fiction.
2. Encourage writing. Encourage scribbling and pretend writing. Write letters and stories. Have materials availble: crayons, pens, computers.
3. Have reading materials at home. Books, children's magazines, adult magazines. For entertainment and information. Make sure some are easy.
4. Get you child a library card. Exchange books weekly.
5. Control TV. It must not be on all the time. Have silent periods for reading. Watch some good shows about books, science, major events.
6. Encourage conversation. Talk about animals, family problems, the world. Discuss their reading.
7. Model reading. Read to yourself and let your child see you. Regularly read books, newspapers.
8. Have your child read aloud. To you, to other children. Help with mistakes. If many mistakes, select and easier book.
9. Do many informal educational activities. Visit zoos, museums, different places. Have your child cook, construct, observe carefully.
10. Value school and learning. Visit your child's class. Talk to the teacher about reading progrees. Praise academic achievement.
Profile of a Good Reader
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Reads for meaning
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Reads to gain information
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Cross-checks all three cueing systems against one another for efficient reading
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Monitors their own reading behaviors
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Uses strategies to solve problems and understand a text
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Approaches different genre with appropriate strategies
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Uses background knowledge to predict and confirm the text's meaning
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Sets goals for their reading
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Evaluates what they have read
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Enjoys and appreciates literature
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