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STRATEGIES TO BECOME A BETTER READER

Here are important reading strategies students can use before, during and after reading:

 

                                              

The Listening Center

 

 

Before Reading

  

Predict what the book might be about from the title and cover illustration. 

Set a purpose for reading.   Ex: "I am going to read this book because I want to learn more about animals." 

Take a "picture walk" through the book.   What is happening in the pictures?

 

 

Fluency Center

      

Independent Reading

 

During Reading

 

Visualize -  Make a movie in your head just like you do when listening to a story. 

 

Question - Think about the story.  Ask yourself" who, what, when, where, why, how. 

 

Clarify - Try to understand new words.  Figure out difficult words using print strategies.

 

                 * Use a finger to point under each word to keep track of where you are reading.

 

                 * Use beginning sounds to figure out words.

 

                 * Use ending sounds to figure out words.

 

                 * Use pictures on the page to help figure out a word.

 

                 * Use word chunks (a group of letters in a pattern, like _ack, _ight).

 

                 * Look for a smaller word within the word.

 

                 * Read to the end of the sentence. Sometimes the word that makes sense pops right up!

 

                 * Reread the sentence or passage to increase understanding. 

 

Make predictions - What happens next?   What clues in the story make you think it might happen?   

 

Make connections -

                 * What other story is like this one?   (Text to Text Connection)

 

                 * Have you felt the same way as a character in the story? Did something similar happen to you?    

                 (Text to Self Connection)

                 * Does the story help you think about something in real life not directly connected to you? 

                  (Text to World Connection)

 

 

 

After Reading

What did you think of the story?

              * How did this story make you feel?

              *Would you tell a friend to read this story? 

Why or why not?

Summarize:  What was most important in the story? One way to do this is to think:

              ~ Someone

              ~ Did something

              ~ But (there was a problem)

              ~ Then (how does the problem gets solved?)

              ~ Finally (what happened at the end?) 

 

 

Room 4

Readers' Theater

Four readers theater presentations were made.  Everyone was super fantastically wonderful!!!!!

"Where the Wild Things Are"

Read by Abby, Brandon, Devon, Oge, and Noah

 

"Three Billy Goats Gruff"

Read by Carina, Marcello, Aileen

Cole, Brandi, and Isabella

 

"All About Ladybugs"

Read by Patrick, Nicole, and Lucas

"Chicken Little"

read by Jessica, Cole, Priya, Bernard, and Jacob