Does your kindergartner read smoothly like this? - Milestones from GreatSchools — Transcript
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- 0:03What does a fluent reader in kindergarten look like?
- 0:07At this age, kids might sound a little like robots
- 0:10when they read, but that's OK as long as they're
- 0:12reading most of the words on the page
- 0:14correctly and starting to use simple punctuation, like pausing
- 0:18for commas, or stopping at periods.
- 0:21CHILD: What butterflies do.
- 0:23Butterflies drink nectar from flowers.
- 0:26Butterflies have long mouths that work like straws.
- 0:33NARRATOR: Sometimes kids read right through the punctuation marks.
- 0:36But with a little reminder, they can reread the sentence
- 0:39correctly.
- 0:40TEACHER: What do we call this mark right here?
- 0:42CHILD: Period.
- 0:42TEACHER: What does it mean?
- 0:43CHILD: That you stop.
- 0:44TEACHER: The author is telling us to stop right there.
- 0:46So try that again.
- 0:48CHILD: The pollen helps new flowers grow.
- 0:53More butterflies bring more flowers.
- 0:57NARRATOR: So how do you know if your child's on track?
- 0:59Well, come summer, a fluent kindergartner
- 1:02should be able to read simple words accurately and pay
- 1:05attention to those periods and commas.
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