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Reading Strategies for Parents

Below are various strategies that you can use at home to help build independent readers with strong comprehension skills.

K-1 Reading Strategies

K-4 Tips to Picking the Right Book for Your Child to Read

K-4 Five Finger Rule for Finding Just Right Books

K-4 Parents Guide to Comprehension Strategies

K-4 Stop and Think When Reading Cards

K-4 Visual Comprehension Strategies

K-4 Visual Decoding Strategies

Grades 1-4 Stop and Jot with Post-Its

Grades 2-4 Handy Reading Strategies

Grades 2-4 Reading Strategies

Grades 2-4 Visual Reading Strategies

Reading Strategies for Parents K-2

Reading Strategies for Parents 3-4

Summer Reading Book Lists

Click on the links below to find books listed for students entering the next year's grade level to read over the summer.

Students Entering 1st Grade Summer Reading

Students Entering 3rd Grade Summer Reading

Students Entering 4th Grade Summer Reading

Students Entering 5th Grade Summer Reading

Students Entering 6th Grade Summer Reading

Summer Reading Programs

Several businesses provide summer reading programs to help children retain what they learned during the school year over the summer. Below are links to information on a few of those programs:

St. Charles City County Library

Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program

Scholastic Summer Reading Program

Pizza Hut Book-It Summer Reading Program

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