It's Friday morning, Miss Birr is having reading class with the 4th graders. They are orally reading Supergrandpa. While they all "read", learning to read with expression does not come naturally. Oral reading is a skill that improves with time and practice. So when your child comes home with a story to read aloud, please help and encourage them.
Ideas for oral reading practice:
1. Have the adult read a paragraph (with expression) and then have the child read the same material. 2. Record the child's oral reading and then play it back.
3. Talk about the "said" words. Does it say, whispered? Does it say, shouted?
4. What's happening in the section? Is it a happy occasion? Are the people frightened?
The child needs to learn to follow the clues that the author has provided. In that way they can teach themselves to read with expression!
God bless you and yours.
Matthew 6:33
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
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