Reading Activities For Families
“When my child was learning to read, I did not know how to help him.
Teaching reading seemed like a
But no more!”
mystery to me!
Linda, parent
The Reading-tutors Program gives parents (and other concerned adults)
easy-to-understand information to help improve their child's reading
skills. Plan to attend the parent meeting to find out what the program is
all about! You will learn the basic steps for reading and how to use all
the materials provided. Free materials for you to take home include:
Fun Activities and Games
Books
Worksheets
Flashcards
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Teaching Tips
When:
Where:
More Info:
Reading-tutors Parent Training Information
“Helping Your Child Learn to Read”
Reading Activities for Families
 Reading-tutors:
o Introduction: Reading-tutors offers 30 minutes of reading
activities (book, worksheets, games, cards) for K-6th grade
o Computer based program available online
www.reading-tutors.com
Username: projectmore
Password: readingtutors
o Goals are to:
1. Provide practice of oral reading skills
2. Provide simple reading instruction
3. Build confidence and motivation
 How to Use the Program:
o Includes computer based resources/activities and books in 6
different areas as well as assessments
1. Alphabet
2. Phonological Awareness
3. Phonics
4. High Frequency Words
5. Fluency
6. Leveled Readers (Comprehension)
 6 Different Reading Areas include:
o Alphabet Category: This category includes alphabet
recognition A-Z as well as attaching sounds to the letters.
26 Packets Include:
 Teaching tips
 Alphabet song sheet
 Large letter card
 Alphabet chant
 Letter formation sheet
 Alphabet book
 Alphabet game
o Phonological Awareness Category: This category addresses
the sounds of language including rhyming, blending, etc. This is
the beginning of word awareness.
30 Packets Include:
 Teaching tips
 Picture cards (sorting activities)
 Workmat (blending and segmenting sounds)
 Game
 Read along book (to be read by the mentor)
o Phonics Category: Teaches the relationship between sounds
and the symbols (letters) that make the sounds which is also
known as “sounding out” or decoding a word.
53 Packets Include:
 Teaching tips
 Picture cards
 Letter cards
 Workmats
 Practice sheets
 Decodable book
 Phonics game
o High Frequency Words: 100 words make up 50% of the words
we read.
24 Packets Include:
 Teaching tips
 Flashcards
 Worksheet
 Game
 High frequency word book
o Fluency: The ability to read accurately and at a sufficient
pace with correct pauses and intonation is called fluency.
Fluency paves the way to reading comprehension. If you spend
less time “sounding out a word” you can concentrate more on the
meaning of the test.
105 Packets include:
 Teaching tips
 Reading passages (2 per packet)
 Graph
 Word game board and cards
o Leveled Readers (Comprehension): Provides high interest
reading material for 27 levels of difficulty. The goal is to read
and understand the material presented.
162 Packets include:
 Teaching tips
 Leveled reader book
 Graphic organizer
 Vocabulary game
*Adapted from a handout created by Linda McDowell, Parent Mentor,
Middletown City Schools, Middletown, Ohio