These Thinking Skills and Vocabulary Worksheets are a great way to encourage your kids to not only listen, but also learn during your family read-aloud time!
Strong communication skills are an asset that will serve your children throughout their lifetime. That is why it is essential to begin building vocabulary and thinking skills from a young age.
4 Steps to Prepare to Use These Worksheets
- Select a book for family read-aloud time
While some of your children’s favorite storybooks might be their top read-aloud picks, I encourage you to choose a work of literature that will challenge and engage them rather than just simply entertain.
- Set a specific time and/or day of the week for read-aloud time as a family
By making a set schedule for this special family time, this will give your children something to count on and look forward to.
- Identify vocabulary words
Instruct your children to inform you when they hear a word that they do not understand and/or know the definition of throughout your read-aloud times.
- Engage your children in the story by asking questions
Interactive family read-aloud time is beneficial and enjoyable to everyone involved. Begin to teach your children thinking skills by asking questions specifically geared towards the 5 Ws: ‘Who, What, Where, When and Why’.
If your children are younger and inexperienced with read-aloud time, the final two steps above will better prepare them to complete the Thinking Skills and Vocabulary Worksheets below.
As they get older and grow accustomed to identifying vocabulary words and building their own thinking skills, the interactive portion of your family read-aloud time may diminish. This is to be expected as you strive to encourage your children to become lifelong, independent learners.
While these worksheets were designed to be used as part of family read-aloud time, they can be used for your children’s own reading time as well.
Students will work on building their vocabulary by identifying new words and utilizing them in their own sentences. In addition, they’ll learn thinking skills by answering the 5 Ws as well as sharing how they would write the story differently.
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