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21 Questions to Ask Your Child About a Book

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Talking to your children about the books they read is one of the best ways to support your child's literacy development. Your child needs to engage in critical thinking to discuss a book - a key skill for success in school as well as life. Here are some tips on how to start and sustain a book discussion with your child:

Before your child reads a book, ask:

Why did you select this book?

What makes you think this book is going to be interesting?

What do you think the book is going to be about?

Does this book remind you of anything else you've already read or seen?

What kind of characters do you think will be in the book?

What do you think is going to happen?

While your child is reading a book, try asking:

Will you catch me up on the story? What's happened so far?

What do you think will happen next?

If you were that character, what would you have done differently in that situation?

If the book was a TV show, which actors would you cast in it?

Where is the book set?

If the main character in that story lived next door, would you be friends?

What does the place look like in your head as you read? Would you want to visit there?

Did you learn any new words or facts so far?

After your child has finished a book, ask questions like:

What was your favorite part of the book? Why?

Who was your favorite character? Why?

What was the most interesting thing you learned from the book?

Why do you think the author wrote this book?

Would you have ended the book differently? Did it end the way you thought it would?

Did the problem of the book's plot get solved?

If you could change one thing in the book, what would it be?

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With the more precise measurement of content used in K-2 classrooms, new information is now offered to help determine where the challenge is coming from in a text. Now, "early-reading indicators" are provided for text with Lexile measures of 650L or below in order to help identify important text features in early-reading materials that could present more or less of a challenge for a reader.

There are four types of early-reading indicators that are now reported from the Lexile Analyzer® to help identify important text features that could present more or less of a challenge in K-2 books. The early-reading indicators are derived from the nine-variable model that the Lexile Analyzer uses to measure text complexity and provided for text that is 650L and below.

Educators can use the early-reading indicators to help identify texts with features that could better support comprehension for certain types of students. For example, a student struggling with phonics could benefit from reading books that have a very low to low Decoding Indicator. Books with a low Decoding Indicator tend to contain more monosyllabic words and words with simple orthographic and sound-symbol relationships, like "cat" and "top." Books like these would make it more likely that a child succeeds when reading the book aloud. When teaching students that are English Learners (ELs), one may want to consider looking for books with a low Semantic Indicator to help improve comprehension. These type of books contain more familiar, high-frequent and concrete words and could help ELs better understand the material.It is important to read a variety of different types of reading materials. Early-reading indicators also help ensure that students are getting this variety in their reading experiences by reading a repertoire of texts that have different types of challenges. Early-reading indicators are accessible on the book detail pages of our
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Using Early Reading Indicators in the Classroom

Meet Elizabeth, kindergarten teacher from North Carolina. In this video, Elizabeth discusses how she uses the new early-reading indicators in her classroom.

Frequently Asked Questions

For more information, see our FAQs on early-reading indicators.

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Introducing the Lexile Framework® for Listening

Like the reading framework, the listening framework is a scientific approach to measuring both listening ability and complexity of audio materials on the same Lexile developmental scale. Find out more.

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Lexile Measures and Beginning Readers

Meet Elizabeth, Kindergarten teacher from North Carolina. In this video, Elizabeth discusses how she uses Lexile measures in her classroom. Due to extensive research, Lexile measures are now more precise for content used in K-2 classrooms and provide readers with a superior match to texts. Learn how finding books for beginning readers has improved.

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