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Last updated September 18th, 2009 at 7:14 p.m..
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MCT2 Language Arts Practice Test 1
MCT2 Language Arts Practice Test Answer Key 1
MCT2 Language Arts Practice Test 2
MCT2 Language arts Practice Test Answer Key 2
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension
Reading and Language Sample Test 1
1. Create a special workspace and schedule daily quiet time for
your child to do his/her homework from school. Be sure this is a
time you are available to help if needed.
2. Schedule 15 minutes of special time everyday to listen to your
child read.
3. Go to the school library, public library, or to the local
bookstore once each week and read a new book together. After
you read each book, talk about how it is similar to other books
you have read together.
4. Encourage reading fluency by having your child read and
reread familiar books. It can also be helpful to have your child
read a short passage over several times while you record the
time it takes. Children often enjoy seeing if they can improve
their time from one reading to the next, and the repeated
reading helps to establish a habit of fluent reading.
5. Have him read a book to a younger sibling (or even to a pet),
perhaps playing "teacher" and asking the brother or sister good
questions as he reads.
6. Have your child tell you a new word he has learned every
single day. This word could be from a book he is reading,
something you or the teacher said, or even a conversation that he
heard at school. Talk about what it means and make up a
sentence with the new word. If needed, use the dictionary to
figure out what the word means. Play a game where each of you
have to use the word in a sentence at least twice that day. Try to
use the word again that week. Maybe add the words to a "my
new vocabulary word list" and post it on the refrigerator.
