Hi I'm helping a second grade girl to read how should I make her improve and pronounce the words more better?t

Answer 1

Normally I'd jump all over this... but could it be faired to say that while this person is teaching the child to read, someone else is teaching this person to write? Reading is often taught before grammar. My 7, and 11 year old daughters are far better readers than they are writers. Linguistically, learning to read, helps us, by reinforcing words to remember them during writing.

When you're working with words, most children are taught the smaller parts of words that make up a majority of other words. For example...

Grasshopper, would seem to be somewhat difficult...

Grass - hop - per. Would require the base words of grass, hop, and learning the sound of the remaining extension -per. Showing that words are often made up of other words keeps things less daunting. Eventually it becomes base words of Grass, and Hopper. This isn't always possible, and English has its serious quirks.

Repetition, patience, and taking things slow. If you must 'donate' a word to a child while reading, write that word down, and work on using that word in sentences with other words that the child is comfortable working with. For example... Grass and Hopper...

I have to mow the {grass}.
{Grass} is green.

The farmer uses a grain {hopper} to feed his cattle.

Obviously these examples are likely to raise other words that are not known.

Learning to use a dictionary seems to be a forgotten art in schools. Not just for pronunciation, but a dictionary can be used to interpret itself, provided you know how to look up words. Learning pronunciation keys can be intimidating, but it's not so much that they need to know the meaning immediately, as having the ability to read the words and figure it out later.

Lists of sounds... obviously the basics of the alphabet, and then progressions, of things like SH, TH, CH, etc... speaking with the child's school, or teacher's might help with ideas. If you're in school also, then you might be able to speak with your teachers.

Be patient, everyone deserves the right to learn to read and write, however, horrible it may sound or look. ;)

Answer 2

Cottey Girl has a good idea. Games are an excellent way to involve a child in a learning situation. They keep the child interested and achieve good results. Role plays are a good start and as she improves, you may want her to transfer some of those speaking skills to reading. (Careful with accents though - you don't want to confuse her with different pronounciation accents or spelling.

You may want to start slowly at first - just one or two pages of a book that she is familiar with. Pause prompt and praise techniques work well during reading sessions. Any words that she stumbles on - write them down in a book and later get her to spell and pronounce it. It doesn't matter if she can't get it first go. Just go back to the word once or twice a week until she gets it and then do a "pop-quiz" with the words that she has had trouble with over - say a week period. Reward her for correct spelling and pronounciation but don't frown on her if she doesn't get the word/s. There are quite a few strategies for reading and spelling and you may want to try some of them. Ask her teacher about these strategies and find the one that is most effective for the child's situation.
Her reading techiques will improve as she progresses. Don't make the sessions too long - 10 to 15 minutes. Any longer she will become bored and won't want to do them.

Good luck and kind regards.

Answer 3

There are many reasons why a child might be having difficulties reading and/or pronouncing words. If you want to provide extra help at home I think it's important to ask the child's teacher for some tips. He/she will have a better idea of the nature of your chil's difficulties and may already be using some strategies in class. You want to make sure that any technique you are using compliments and reinforces what the teacher is doing. If you are trying to teach a skill one way, and the teacher is doing it differently, the child can become confused and frustrated and may actually become a worse reader. Hope this helps. Good luck andMerry Christmas.

Answer 4

First, please do not say "more better". I am not trying to be rude. I just want you to be aware of that. Next, it depends on whether or not the girl can read a little already. If she doesn't have a good knowledge of high-frequency words (such as: it to as am some away of in, etc...) , she would benefit from some word flash cards. Do a search on google for: high frequency words for elementary school. You will find some word lists, etc... Also, as someone else stated, learning phonics patterns will help as well.

Answer 5

Make it a game. Sing and make up songs with her, play all sorts of games with her, play dress up and use different accents (British and it's proper pronunciation in particular, even if you are playing barbie dress up), reward her for proper pronunciation, and don't show disappointment at her failings. Just be an encourager. Every kid needs a cheerleader and you have a great opportunity here.

Answer 6

Phonics....learn blends, diagraphs, rules and patterns. Like the wizard e rule. Example: s a m e (the wizard e makes the 1st vowel say his name). These little rules with constant repetition will help a lot. And read, read, read!

Answer 7

Yeah, I agree with Sunset F. Before you decide to teach someone else to read, it's probably a good idea to make sure you have mastered the English language yourself...just a thought

Answer 8

practice..google search is the best site to find answer