how do you teach a second grader how to read?

Question

whar are some helpful way ,hint and easy ways to teach a second grader how to read? i'm having trouble>>>>>>if there are any webites it would help alot!!!!! thanks

Answer 1

What ever you do make sure they know how to sound things out. I never learned to sound things out so I can't spell well.

Answer 2

a few people have already recommended Starfall. Great place to start. I would also recommend, literactive.com (requires a free registration) and the Florida Center for Reading Research (fcrr.org). Lots of games on both that make reading and learning fun.

Some things that may help:
* Start with sight words - you, the, is, of, and, in, it. Work through books looking for those words.
* Use some nursery rhymes that the 2nd grader may already know. Have them move their finger along the words as they say them.
* When the child makes a mistoake - DO NOT reprimand them by say NO- that's not right. Quietyl correct them, say the answer is ....... Children are samrt and get discouraged if they are always getting it wrong, which they may do for awhile.
* practice taking words apart. CAR= c-a-r. BAT= b-a-t
* see if the teacher can help you finding where the reading breakdown is......

Good luck!

Answer 3

read with him..it's the only way. take turns reading.he one sentence, you a paragraph. read the whole book til the end, when he is now so involved in the book he wants to know how it ends. Let him write a book, and cut out pics from a magazine to go with it. write his words down on the pages, just a short sentence or two. let him read HIS book. most importantly..praise him always. most poor reading is due to low self confidence...he needs to get over that before he will attempt something that he IS going to occassionally get wrong. just keep at it and don't give up.

Answer 4

If child is in school the school is suppose to teach child to read. If child is having problems you can have the school to test child to see if he/she needs extra help. This is special education. I know some people don't like this, but this is the ONLY legal way to get child help for their problems.
If a child isn't in special ed, the school is not legally obligated to help them. They might 'say' they will, and actually do things that could help.
But if the child isn't in special ed, the help can be stopped at any time and parent can't do a thing about it.

Also, try www.starfall.com www.mightybook.com www.studydog.com

Answer 5

Thank you for being a parent or a teacher and taking on the responsibility of helping your child! It is both that make the experience for the child rewarding.

It depends what it is he/she needs help with. Phonics, blending word parts, fluency, vocabulary?

I would reccommend reading nightly. Echo reading is helpful where you read and then your child repeats the same sentence by pointing to each word. Choral reading means you read it together at a nice steady pace. Popcorn reading means you read a sentence and then they read the next sentence.

If its problems with reading by blending words together to make a sentence go to www.starfall.com and click on #2 and #3 (learn to read, and its fun to read)

Kids need to feel confident. In order to feel confident they need to build fluency. (quickness) I would start with smaller leveled books and work his/her way up.

Answer 6

Just take time with each word read the book first to them then just read the word to them then let them try!

Answer 7

Start with grade level books. These will help him with simple words like "the" and "and". Read with him/her and help him/her sound out difficult words.