Reading for children

Viewers are introduced to strategies for reading fiction and nonfiction during the course of a student broadcast of the radio show "Cover 2 Cover." Includes discussion of the elements and structure of fiction and nonfiction texts.

Describes a series of comprehension strategies that can be used before, during, and after reading.

Introduces strategies for reading aloud during the course of a student broadcast of the radio show "Cover 2 Cover," including discussion of book choice, practice, and the importance of minding punctuation.

Viewers are introduced to strategies for identifying words during the course of a student broadcast of the radio show "Cover 2 Cover." Includes discussion of word families, prefixes and suffixes, compound words, context clues, and other topics.

Explore the alphabet, including the letters themselves and the various sounds they make: long and short, hard, soft and sometimes silent.