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Finding a Book that is…..
AAAAHHHHH, Just Right!
The children know about using the "5 Finger Test" to find a book that is just right for them to read. If you would like to help your child at home, here is how the "5 Finger Test" works.....1. Find a book that looks interesting to you.
2. Open to any page and start to read the text.
3. When you come to a word that you don't know,
put up one finger.
4. If you have 5 fingers up before you have reached
the end of the page, that book is too hard for now.
1-2 fingers up
Just Right
3-4 fingers up
a little hard (so read slowly)
4-5 fingers up
too hard for now
If a book is "too hard", your child will not read it and will miss out on reading a really good book that is just right for them. Your child wants to be able to sit back, get comfortable and say....
Aaahhh...Just Right!
