? Have your child read aloud to you every night.
? Choose a quiet place, free from distractions, for your child to do his nightlyreading 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 thewords 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 goback 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 her own words what happened in a story.
? To check your child‘s understanding of what he is reading, occasionallypause 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 askyour child to support her answer with information from the story.
? Before getting to the end of a story, ask your child what he thinks willhappen next and why.
I found these tips from No Child Left Behind: http://www2.ed.gov/parents/academic/involve/homework/homeworktips.pdf