● The most important and best way to improve reading skills is for your child to read daily outside of school. 15-20 minutes every afternoon or night will improve reading and language skills tremendously. ● Have your child read out loud or silently using materials at home or AR books from the school library. This will also help your child reach their AR goals each nine weeks. ● Have your child tell you about what he/she read after reading a page or two. If your child is unable to do this, break the retelling into smaller units (after a half page, after each paragraph, or after a few sentences). ●If you have younger children, encourage your older child to read to siblings. ●If your child is unable to read fluently (like he/she speaks), have them reread the sentence or paragraph again until they are able to read fluently before moving to the next sentence or paragraph. ●To aid in fluency, encourage child to read in phrases (groups of words that go together), choral read (you reading with them at the same time), or take turns reading sentences or paragraphs. This allows child to hear what fluent reading should sound like.