Echo Reading
Echo reading is a strategy used in elementary classrooms that helps students develop fluency in their reading. In echo reading, students are paired together and then take turns reading the same passage, usually one or two sentences at a time. Although your preschooler probably is not able to actually read the words, this same strategy, with a bit of altering, can be utilized to teach the same fluency skills.
Select a book with which your child is already familiar. Read the title while pointing to each word as you say it. Then, tell your child to read the title to you in the same manner. Read through the book in the same manner choosing short passages for your child to echo.
As you and your child are progressing through the book, focus your child on your voice and its inflections. You want your child not only repeat the words, but also to mimic the way in which they are said. Be dramatic in your reading. If your child is having a difficult time pointing to each word as she says it, abandon this skill for the first few times, and then try to reintroduce it at a later time.
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Written by BRWI Staff on March 17, 2010
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