Nurturing bookworms

books. The stories will be longer and might Reading include diagrams, some familiar words, new Student reviews: topic words and descriptive language. Jaydon Chieng (10), Year 6 milestones I recommend Wonder by Raquel Tips: Jaramillo which is about a Keep your kid on track with their Talk a lot to your child while you troubled kid and about the reading development with these tips are doing things together. Use the adventures of how he copes language that works best for you and with being different from your child. the people around him. Mrs Sharyn Yakas When they are reading, your child I believe other children Learning Support Teacher will still be coming across words they can learn from the book Yew Chung International School, don’t know. When this happens, you that even though you are Beijing could remind them to think about what they different, you can still make already know to do when they get stuck. If a difference. After one year at school… that doesn’t help you might ask “What word they will understand the stories they read, would make sense that starts like that?” or Caitlyn Zhang (10), Year 6 use many words that they already know, “What do you know about that word that I like A Little Princess by Frances and will be able to check that their reading might help?” If they still can’t work it out – Hodgson Burnett which is about sounds like talking. tell them and praise their efforts. Sara who was born in a wealthy family. However, the father Tips: By the end of Year 4… passed away from malaria, Talk with your child all the time – and give they will be reading a variety of fiction and leaving the family poor. For a them time to talk with you. You can use your non-fiction stories to support their learning long time Sara thought their first language. in all areas of the curriculum. neighbour who was her late If your child is stuck on a word: dad’s friend was the one • wait a few seconds, give them a chance to Tips: who killed her dad, but think. Keep the magic of listening to a good later found out it was not • if they are still stuck, help them to try story alive by reading either made up, his fault. Her dad’s friend to work the word out by saying ‘read the retold or read-aloud stories to your child then adopted Sara and they sentence again and think what would make – with lots of excitement through the use lived happily ever after. Its sense”. Ask “could it be…?” (and give a word of your voice! plot is complicated and Sara that might fit). The pictures also help them When they are reading, the most common likes to talk in the old fashioned check they have got the right word… difficulty your child is likely to have is English even though she is very • if they still can’t work out the word, tell working out the meaning of new words, young. We can also learn a lot of them and praise their efforts. Remember, phrases and expressions. To do this your complicated words. reading should be fun. child will use their knowledge of words and word patterns (e.g., prefixes, suffixes Malia Meng (10), Year 6 After two years at school… and root words) to help build meaning. I recommend The Lord of the they will bring home fiction and nonfiction You may need to remind your child to read Flies by William Golding. back and forward for clues to help their It is a pretty weird title understanding of what they are reading. and a bit serious because Talk with your child about the meaning. it’s about a civil war and parents send their By the end of Year 6… children away to be safe. your child will be reading non-fiction However their plane books, chapter books, magazines, and crashed leaving the information on the computer. They girls and one boy alive. I will be reading these kinds of stories recommend it because there in all areas of the curriculum. are plenty of kids out there with Tips: parents who are quite strict like Encourage your child to read my own mum and it made me every day. Make reading fun and wonder what it would be like praise your child’s efforts, all the without any adults. time. Daisy Lin (11), Year 7 By the end of Year 8… I like Little Woman by Louisa your child will be able May Alcott. This book is to find, think about, and about three girls whose bring together information father went to war which and ideas across a range of left them poor. They were books, stories and articles. As all in different age groups and they do this they will be able to all face different problems as a ask and answer questions across all result, during this time. They curriculum areas. had differing opinions about Tips: things which made the book Help your child link stories to their own really interesting to read. This is life. Remind them about what they have quite an old book and it also has done when they read about a similar incident a movie adaptation which I ave that happens in the story watched and also enjoy.

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