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Good Ideas
When
children are in the primary grades their parents often take
an active role in helping them learn how to read. Then, as
reading moves from the basic skills to comprehension, parents
find it is more difficult to help children grow into strong
and confident readers. However, there are many strategies
that parents can use in order to remain involved in their
children's reading life. They include:
- Setting
an example as a reader, e.g., parents should read at home
themselves
- Talking
with children about what they are reading
- Letting
children choose their own reading material
The
following web resources can assist parents in learning how
to help their middle school student with reading comprehension
skills and how to promote reading.
Sites
That Matter
Jump
to Good Ideas in the following areas:
Homework
Help
Reading
Writing
Motivation
Homework
Help
Homework
Help Pages for Parents
This site can help parents assist their children in getting
the most out of their homework.
www.nea.org/parents/homework.html
Homework
Tips for Parent
The U.S. Department of Education offers suggestions for parents.
www.ed.gov/parents/academic/involve/homework/index.html
Currents
in Literacy: Questions from Parents
This site answers basic questions from parents about doing
homework with their children.
www.lesley.edu/academic_centers/hood/currents/v2n2/questions.html
Other
Homework Help Sites
This is a list of other sites that offer homework help.
midhudson.org/lifelines/lifelines2/homework-help.html
A
Teacher's Guide to Homework Tips for Parents
Teachers provide tips for parents on helping their children
with homework, especially in reading and math.
www.ed.gov/teachers/how/parents/homework-tips/edlite-index.html
Family
Education Network - Homework Center
This site provides reference links in all subject areas.
parents.infoplease.com/homework/
Homework
Helper
This site provides reference links in all subject areas.
school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/
Library
Spot
This is an extensive set of links to many online reference
resources. Check out the reference desk and reading room for
online dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, newspapers,
etc.
www.libraryspot.com/
Reference
Sources on the Web
This is a list of links to reference sites and online books
and journals.
www.ipl.org/div/teen/aplus/referenceweb.htm
Reading
Misunderstood
Minds: Reading
This PBS site is written especially for parents of struggling
readers.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/readingstrats.html
Tips
to Encourage Reading for Parents—American Library Association
Click on "Help your Teen Build Literacy Skills"
to read a helpful article written especially for parents.
www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/tipsenc/tipsencourage.htm#parents
Guided
Reading Opportunities in Good Literature
Literature and reading specialist Carol Hurst discusses techniques
for using popular children's books-including Holes, Shiloh,
and Autumn Street-to help children improve reading comprehension.
www.carolhurst.com/profsubjects/reading/guided.html
Effective
Practices for Developing Reading Comprehension
In this overview of the research on reading comprehension,
the authors discuss what makes a good reader as well as strategies
for turning poor readers into good readers.
ed-web3.educ.msu.edu/pearson/pdppaper/Duke/ndpdp.html
What
is Strategic Reading?
This site uses the before, during, and after reading model
to discuss effective classroom techniques for teaching the
different strategies.
www.howard.k12.md.us/langarts/Curriculum/strategies.htm
#WHAT%20IS%20STRATEGIC%20READING
Reading
Workshop
This site describes different steps that teachers and parent
can use to foster reading.
www.springfield.k12.il.us/resources/languagearts/readingwriting/reading.html
KidBibs
Learning Tips
Some of these learning tips describe how to help children
succeed in school in reading and writing. Each tip sheet includes
overview information, teaching techniques, and support materials.
All of the tips are written by an educator who is also a mother.
www.kidbibs.com/learningtips.htm
Study
Skills: Reading
This is a selection of resources at the Family Education Network
that cover reading comprehension and reading habits; skimming
and sight-reading; and notes, test-taking, and homework.
familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,23-28930,00.html?relinks
Online
Book Discussions
The sites listed here can encourage students to write and
respond to other students' book reviews.
www.literacymatters.org/adlit/response/discussion.htm#book
Writing
ABC's
of the Writing Process
This is an easy-to-use introduction to help students improve
their writing by using different steps in the writing process.
www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/
Parent
and Student Resource
This site provides a very simple-to-use set of advice and
a checklist to help students write.
schools.brunnet.net/qms/ps_index.htm
National
Council of Teachers of English: Parents Page
This site provides tips for parents on helping students become
better writers.
www.ncte.org/parents
LEO:
Literacy Education Online
On this site are handouts, advice, and practical information
for a variety of issues related to writing papers, including
help with online resources, citations, grammar, organization,
thesis statements, etc.
leo.stcloudstate.edu/
VoyCabulary
This site can turn the words on any web page into links so
that you can look them up with just a click!
www.voycabulary.com/
Guide
to Grammar and Writing
This is an easy-to-use guide that explains the basic principles
of writing and grammar. It includes student tests.
webster.commnet.edu/grammar/
Web
English Teacher - Grammar
This is a very comprehensive list of links to online grammar,
mechanics, and usage activities and practice exercises.
www.webenglishteacher.com/grammar.html
Motivation
Tips
to Help Your Child through Early Adolescence
This is a quick list of important things to remember as the
parent of an adolescent.
www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/adolescence/partxx1.html?exp=0
Reading
is Fundamental: Motivating Kids to Read
This site provides an overview of how to support reading at
home, plus links to other sites.
www.rif.org/parents/motivate/default.mspx
An
Alphabet for Parents
The National Council of Teachers of English offers practical
suggestions for parents about literacy and parenting.
www.ncte.org/parents/tips/111033.htm
Middle
School/High School: Parent Involvement Resource Kit
This article from the National PTA provides research and insights
on the sometimes difficult, but important, aspects of parent
involvement at the middle school level.
www.pta.org/programs/hsmskit1.htm
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