Parent Question:
How do I help my child to read fluently?
 
  Answer: To read
fluently means to read words expressively and smoothly. Children who are not
fluent read choppily and word-for-word. This can affect their comprehension,
because they don’t remember what they have read by the time they reach the end
of a sentence. Reading fluently is an important skill.

To help your
child learn to read fluently, one of the most important things you can do is to
regularly read aloud to your child so that you’re modeling the type of reading
you want your child to do. For example, if you’re changing your voice for
different characters, your child will know that he or she needs to do the same.
If a book that you’re reading has text features such as bold print, and you
decide to read a bolded word loudly, you’re modeling that they, too, can do that
while they’re reading. Another way to develop fluency is to have your child read
a book over and over again. Children tend to become fluent readers after reading
the same thing many times. They know when to pause, when to speed up, and when
to slow down. As they listen to themselves read more and more fluently, this
also helps to build their confidence.
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