The document provides strategies for reading comprehension and literacy skills. It recommends monitoring understanding, visualizing stories, asking questions and making predictions. Other tips include using text features, summarizing events, identifying genres and literary elements. Cross-checking reading and using phonics techniques like blending sounds are also suggested. Voracious reading is encouraged along with using context clues, word parts, and reference materials to determine meanings of unfamiliar words.
The document provides strategies for reading comprehension and literacy skills. It recommends monitoring understanding, visualizing stories, asking questions and making predictions. Other tips include using text features, summarizing events, identifying genres and literary elements. Cross-checking reading and using phonics techniques like blending sounds are also suggested. Voracious reading is encouraged along with using context clues, word parts, and reference materials to determine meanings of unfamiliar words.
The document provides strategies for reading comprehension and literacy skills. It recommends monitoring understanding, visualizing stories, asking questions and making predictions. Other tips include using text features, summarizing events, identifying genres and literary elements. Cross-checking reading and using phonics techniques like blending sounds are also suggested. Voracious reading is encouraged along with using context clues, word parts, and reference materials to determine meanings of unfamiliar words.
Retell the story Use what I already know to connect with the story. Make a picture in my mind.
Ask myself questions NtM ' MQt, Predict what will happen next and check the story. Infer and support with evidence.
Use text features. Titles,, headings captions graphics Summarize the text including sequence of main events. Use main idea and details to determine what is important.
MMtM M U'] purpose. Recognize literacy elements: genre, plot character setting problem/resolution theme. Recognize and explain cause and effect relationships.
Compare and contrast within and between text
Cross Checking: Does it sound right,? Look right? Make sense? Use the pictures... Do the words and pictures match? Use beginning and ending sounds.
Blend sounds: stretch and reread. Flip the sound. Chunk letters and sounds together.
Skip the word and come back to it. Trade a word/guess a word that makes sense.
Voracious Reading: Read! Read! Read! Read books that are a QQ t, Reread text.
Practice common sight words and Word Wall Words. Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text. Pay attention to punctuation to enhance the way your reading sounds.
Voracious Reading: Read! Read! Read! Tune in to interesting Words. Use new vocabulary in speaking and writing. Use pictures and illustrations.
Use word parts to determine the meaning of words. Use what I already know and context to predict and confirm meaning. Ask someone to define the word for you.
Use dictionaries,; thesauruses and glossaries as tools.