Oral+Reading

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 * **What is oral reading?**
 * Oral reading is reading text orally and silently using multiple skills intentionally which allows meaning to be constructed.
 * **Why do we assess it?**
 * To make sure that students are able to organize and apply the understandings they have, dealing with symbol/sound relationships and comprehension of ideas within the text.
 * **Ways to help a child develop oral reading. This different ways can be used by a teacher or a parent.**
 * Read out loud to the child for at least 20 minutes each day.
 * Offer lots of encouragement while reading a new book aloud.
 * Follow the child's lead. If he or she seems bored or restless, try a new activity. Most likely they will not pick up on anything new because they are distracted. Go do something else for a little while then come back to the reading and try again.


 * **References: **
 * (2001). //The Michigan Literacy Progress Program//: State of Michigan Department of Education.

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