Various Techniques To Improve Reading Comprehension For Accelerated Reading Tests

By Deborah Scott


The tests are comprehensive quiz programs that schools as well as parents use to motivate their children to read more. Many children read and take these quizzes but still fail. This article gives several suggestions that guardians can use in familiarizing their children with accelerated reading that could be very beneficial both at home and at school.

Your child should have a timer set in intervals of their readings. Once the timer rings, you can ask them about what they have understood while reading and if there are images ask them to draw. They are able to understand the different image contents of what they have just learnt. Once they are done, you can ask them to summarize the lessons in one word.

Pronunciation is crucial to kids while learning how to read. As a parent, you can encourage the kids to read an excerpt to you loudly as you pay close attention to how they pronounce each word. If you notice wrong pronunciation of certain words correct the kid, and congratulate him for all the words that have been pronounced in the right way. Having your kids answering questions increases their mental ability to read, understand and illustrate clearly what they have read.

Children are sometimes left in the library and they pick out their own books. Sometimes they may pick out books that are too hard for them to read. It is very important for the parent or guardian to pick out books that are in their grade levels.

The reading rules stipulate that the kids should read at least five times before going through the test. These rules should be strictly followed. Some words may be very difficult for your child and they may be unable to read them.

Assist the kid to get the meaning of each word and check the word you are not sure of in the dictionary to make sure what you tell them is right. To help the kid remember what a new word means write it in their favorite book, they will be encountering it every day, and the chances of forgetting are reduced.

Children should be taught to get the idea of the entire conversation first before going to books. This could be done by having them listen to stories that are told and giving a general overview of what the gist of the story is as well as the conversation that is going on. This way they are more aware of the story structures and the expectations when studying the books.

When you closely follow the above rules and still your kid does not excel in the tests, you need to find a solution. You can check the strengths and weaknesses of your kid in that particular lesson. You should check on how fluent they are especially when they are answering the questions. You should ensure that they understand the tough words and work in correcting their weaknesses.




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