When I student taught second grade, I learned the five finger rule for selecting appropriate reading material. Tell your child to count the words he/she doesn’t know on a page. If they get to the number five, the book is too hard for right now. Tell your child that even though right now the book is too difficult, if he/she keeps practicing his/her reading, he/she will be able to read it in no time. I love this rule, it’s easy and it works.
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April 26th, 2008 at 10:55 am
What a smart way of figuring out appropriate levels. I’ll have to keep that one in mind.