Dundas Discoveries

Dundas Discoveries is a new section in our newsletter designed to support learning at home in fun, simple and meaningful ways. Each edition may include a quick game, conversation starters, reading ideas, maths challenges or practical tips families can use at home to support their child’s learning through everyday moments.  

When your child is reading 

Pause 

• Pause for a few seconds or wait until your child has finished reading the sentence before intervening. This encourages them to self-correct, an important reading skill.  

Prompt 

• If your child does not self-correct the error, offer a prompt 
• Encourage them to reread and ask- Does that make sense?  
• After each prompt, pause to allow your child time to correct their error. If after 2 prompts they are still unsuccessful, provide the word and move on. 

Praise  

• Praise them if they self-correct or reread the work correctly 
• Offer praise when they correctly read a sentence, paragraph or book 

Mystery Reader! 

Choose a favourite book and have a family member read a page aloud but stop before saying an important word. Your child has to use the clues in the sentence and their knowledge of the story to guess the missing word!