Page 3 - Jupiter Spotlight - May '22

Jupiter Spotlight, Page 3

Golden Heart Luncheon from page 1

Jack and Barbara Nicklaus founded the Nicklaus Reading
Children’s Health Care Foundation in 2004 to provide
world-class pediatric care to children in Palm Beach County Comprehension
and beyond, raising more than $160 million to date. The
foundation supports Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, which
has helped children from every state in the union and 119 Problem?
countries. The Nicklaus Children’s Health System includes
the main hospital campus in Miami, and 17 outpatient and
urgent care centers from Monroe County to Martin County, By Jim Forgan, Ph.D.,
as well as a pediatric partnership with Jupiter Medical Center. Lilly Bates, Mackenzie Licensed School
Photos by Tracey Benson Photography Diane Perrella, Beth Neuhoff O’Leary Psychologist
Reading comprehension
is a complex task involving
your child, the text, and the
multidimensional task of
reading. These variables
combine to create reading
comprehension.
Consider your child.
To achieve reading
comprehension, your child must bring a positive mindset,
background knowledge, and reading skills to what they
read. If your child is a reluctant or struggling reader, does
Roberta Golub, Dr. Evelyn Hillary Gumbel, Susan he have a positive mindset about it? If not, how can you
Higgins Johnson Erin and Barbara McGould Kelly O’Leary, Nan O’Leary change it?
Your child’s prior life experiences contribute to reading
comprehension. Consider yourself assembling furniture.
When you’ve previously put together furniture, that
experience helps you anticipate assembling the new piece.
Every time your child learns or experiences something
new they make connections and store it to use later when
encountering new material. Thus, what type of varying
experiences or knowledge are you giving your child?
The text or books your child reads contributes to his
or her understanding. Like the story of Goldilocks and
the Three Bears, you don’t want the text your child reads
to be too easy or too hard, but just right. Find out your
elementary age child’s Lexile level and pick books within
that range. Learn more at lexile.com or talk to your local
Kristi Cauley, Patty McDonald, Kathy Briana Beaty, Laura Russell, Allison librarian.
Theofilos Nicklaus Thais Vogel, Sara Jolly, Diana Jaeger The act of reading is multidimensional and includes
quickly sounding out words, reading speed, and
vocabulary. If your child is reading aloud to you and
mispronounces words, only correct the words that change
the meaning. Using a book at your child’s Lexile level,
simultaneously read aloud with your child to build reading
speed. Stop periodically and take turns describing what
each person is picturing in their mind as visualizing helps
with comprehension. Teach your child a new vocabulary
word each week and practice using it during the week.
If you want to increase your child’s reading
comprehension, allocate sufficient time to work on it,
read with your child, provide varied life experiences, and
work on skills. If you need a specialist, I have reading
Barbara and Jack Nicklaus, Maja Milovanovic, Maelyn tutors at jimforgan.com/tutor.
Jarmon Nan O’Leary, Barbara Nicklaus, Patty McDonald Dr. Forgan is a licensed school psychologist and
certified dyslexia testing specialist and can help you at
(561) 625-4125 or JimForgan.com.
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