Third Grade 

Family Support for Reading

• Keep reading to your child, even when he or she can read independently!

• Provide time for your child to read at night (15-30 minutes).

• Encourage your child to practice reading aloud by reading to siblings, relatives, neighbors or even pets!

• Take advantage of your public library for storytellers, book lists and information.

• Help find books that match your childs interests.  Bookstore staff, librarians and your child's teacher can help you.

• Talk about how you select books and the types of things you like to read.

• Have your child keep a list of books he or she finishes.

• Encourage your child to keep a list of books he or she would like as gifts.

• When your child reads aloud, take care to give enough time for your child to correct his or her own mistakes.

• Talk with your child about his or her reading strategies and give positive encouragement.

• Talk about the characters from books you read, movies you see and TV programs you watch.

• Play word games like Boggle or Jr. Scrabble.

• Play games or cook together and ask your child to explain the directions.

• Help your child learn how to find information in books.

• Ask relatives to send your child postcards when they go on a trip.

• Subscribe to a children's magazine like Ranger Rick or Kid City.

• Read and compare several versions of a story (like a fairy tale or folktale)

• Before seeing a movie (like a Disney movie),read the original story and compare them.

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