How to Study for a Comprehension Test

It's Wednesday night, the reading book is home and your child is telling you they need to study for the reading test.  Time escapes you during the evening, so you have your child read to you in the car on the way to school.  What???? .... you think I didn't go through the same thing you are going through each day!?!  :o)  I know how it gets sometimes.  Rest assured, we have gone over it and over it this week. 

Here are some ideas to help you go over the story the night before the test:

• go over the "words to remember", this is for the vocabulary portion of the test
• discuss the genre, title, author, illustrator
• take notice of any phonics rules and discuss(such as -ck in Jack and Rick)
• listen to your child read the story
• make sure it is read fluently~if it's choppy, they have no idea what they are reading and are just spitting out words
• reread if necessary
• retell the story
• answer questions at the end of the story
• allow the child to ask you the question and check your comprehension

Hope this helps!