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Prompts provide a bridge between what the child can do alone
and what the child can do with support .

 

 

Prompts

 

 

The reader makes an error or is stuck on a word.  What do you say to help?  Try one of the prompts below.
 

 

 

the prompts below.

 

                   

 

 

         Prompting is the needed support that tells the reader where to look
  in the text to find additional information to be successful with that word. 
 

PROMPTS
What to say when your child is stuck on a word...

If the error does not make sense, guide the reader with a MEANING prompt.

MEANING
Context & Pictures
Say to your reader...

Does it make sense?

Check the picture.

Reread and think about the story.

Read past the word to get more information.

 

 

If the error is not proper English, guide the reader with a STRUCTURE prompt.


STRUCTURE
How we say it in English
 Say to your reader...

Does it sound right?

Can we say it that way in English?

What word sounds better  _____ or _____ ?

 

If the error does not match the
letters in the word, guide the reader with a PHONICS prompt.

PHONICS
Letters & Punctuation
Say to your reader...

Does the word you said look right?

Make the first sound of that word.

Is there a part in that word that you know? ("ing" in sing, "op" in hop and shop, etc...)

Do you know another word like that?  "If I know day then I know stay and way."
 

  

     For more help on how to support your beginning reader, click on
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