Tips for reading to children
in grades four through six

It is critical that your child keeps reading and being read to at this age. Young readers need to become practiced at reading, and the only way to get good at it -- is to practice!

Helpful tips for reading to and with children in grades four through six:

• Take turns reading a book with your child.
  
  
• Ask your child to compare a book to another familiar book. How are the characters alike or different? Do the stories take place in similar settings? How are the illustrations the same or different?
  
  
• Ask what part of the story or book your child liked best and why.
  
  
• Ask if your child liked the ending of the story. Why or why not?
  
  
• Ask your child what type of mood the story or chapter in a book creates. Ask how the author creates the mood. For example, does she use certain words, events, or settings that create a particular feeling?
  
  
• If your child has read more than one book by the same author, ask how the books are similar or different.