Sample Reading Prompts

Prompt: Get your mouth ready for the first sound

Use this prompt to: Help a child when he is stuck on a word

Child behavior that might elicit this prompt from the teacher: Child is not attending to initial sound of a word

What do you need to teach? To look at the letters and the sounds they make.


Prompt: You made a mistake on that page, can you find it?

Use this prompt to: correct a child who made a mistake on one page of text

Child behavior that might elicit this prompt from the teacher: Child did not self-correct the mistake.

What do you need to teach? To self-monitor reading.


Prompt: It could be… but look at…

Use this prompt to: correct a child who says a synonym.

Child behavior that might elicit this prompt from the teacher: Child said a word that worked for meaning but not what was written.

What do you need to teach? Notice the whole word when reading.

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