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Author: Laurie Daley
Categories: 2nd Grade, Reading

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of “good reader” strategies that they can use themselves, and it is always right where it should be—in their book!

What You Need:
Any book your child is reading
 
“Good Reader Strategies” click here for printable version
 
Heavy paper (cardstock)
 
Scissors
 
Glue stick

 

What You Do:
 
Step 1: Explain to your child that everyone can become a better reader, even a parent, and that you have some fun, easy ways to help them become a better reader, too.
 
Step 2: Print out both sides of the reading bookmark, cut it out, and glue it onto heavy paper that is trimmed to fit the bookmark. (One side of the bookmark will contain word recognition strategies; the other, comprehension strategies.) If you have access to a laminator, you may wish to laminate the bookmark.
 
Step 3: Focusing on one set of strategies at a time (word recognition, for example), have your child read aloud from their book. When they come to a word they don’t know, help them to use the bookmark strategies to figure it out.
 
Step 4: Continue this process for as long as needed until your child has a good grasp of the strategies.
 
Step 5: Have your child use the other set of strategies (comprehension, for example) before and after reading their book aloud. Guide them along as they use the bookmark.