Activity Procedures:

Activity One: Handout: Parents

• start this activity by asking your student to describe what is happening in each of the pictures in the handout
• have her predict what the handout will be about and give her reasons why
• have her read the handout to herself and underline any words that she does not understand (either meaning or pronunciation)
• clarify any of the vocabulary
• have her read the article aloud (note any difficulties with pronunciation)
• after she has read the story asks her to retell what she has read in her own words

Activity Two:

• still using the handout, Parents ask your student to tell you about her own experience reading as a child
• share your own experience about books and reading
• ask her to write a story about the most enjoyable memory she has of reading

Activity Three:

• ask your student to tell you a story that she remembers reading from her childhood
• have her write the story
• after she has written the story, have her read it aloud to you
• ask her why that was her favourite story
• ask her if she had any difficulty writing some of the words