Retells beginning, middle and end with guidance. Discusses characters and story events with guidance. Identifies own reading behaviors with guidance. Family Support Read aloud daily. Your child might be ready for you to read a chapter book aloud, a chapter or two each night.
Children still enjoy picture books.
Many enjoy non-fiction and joke books. Help them with difficult words so they can keep the flow of the story. Provide time at night for your child to read on his or her own. Give books as gifts with name plates to put in the new books. Read poems, magazine articles, cartoons, recipes, maps and non-fiction as well as fiction.