•    Have your child read every night.
•    Choose a quiet place, free from distractions, for your child to do his/her nightly reading assignments.
•    As your child reads, point out spelling and sound patterns such as cat, pat, hat.
•    When your child reads aloud to you and makes a mistake, point out the words she has missed and help her to read the word correctly.
•    After your child has stopped to correct a word he has read, have him go back and reread the entire sentence from the beginning to make sure he understands what the sentence is saying.
•    Ask your child to tell you in his/her own words what happened in a story.
•    To check your child's understanding of what he is reading, occasionally pause and ask your child questions about the characters and events in the story.
•    Ask your child why she thinks a character acted in a certain way and ask your child to support his/her answer with information from the story.
•    Before getting to the end of a story, ask your child what he/she thinks will happen next and why.