Your child is currently working on the literacy strategy, Listen carefully to sounds, which helps with the overall goal, Accuracy.

Beginning readers often use a word’s beginning sound to help them read the word. When they do this, they sometimes guess a word that does not make sense in the sentence and move on without looking at the rest of the word. To gain accuracy, it is important that children learn to read all the sounds in a word. Applying the accuracy strategy Listen Carefully to Sounds helps with both accuracy and comprehension, since reading the correct words will enhance the meaning of what is being read.

How can you help your child with this strategy at home?

Thank you for your continued support at home!