Read-to-Self – Group Strategy Lessons

Strategy Text Other Resources

Concepts about print  All texts  Concepts about print
checklist
Make the movie in  Once upon a time  3 ways to read a
your head book
Pick a ‘just right book’  Levelled readers  I PICK chart
Attack the words  Levelled readers  Strategy cards
 Class journal
Retell the story  Goldilocks and the three bears  Time order words
(oral retell  Three little pigs (posters and cue
development)  Rosie’s walk cards)
 The very hungry caterpillar
Predict the story  Monkey with a tool belt and a noisy  Ormie the pig
problem (YouTube)
Activate prior  Big rain coming  Mindmap
knowledge  Information texts  Post-it notes
Making connections  The very hungry caterpillar  Mindmap
(self, text and world)  The ugliest dog in the world  Class journal
Check for  All texts  Strategy cards
understanding  Class journal
Stop and retell (who,  There was an old lady who  Strategy cards
what) swallowed a fly  Class journal
 Brown bear, brown bear, what can
you see?
Ask questions before,  All texts  Post-it notes
during and after
reading
Expression  Don’t open the book  YouTubes of author
(read like you’re the  The book with no pictures read alouds
author)  I’m a dirty dinosaur
 The very cranky bear
Self monitor (choose  All texts  Strategy cards
a fix up strategy)  Class journal
Interesting words  Pancakes, Pancakes!  Class journal
Make inferences and  Fairy tales or well-known texts  Inference clue bags
support with  Post-it note thought
evidence bubbles
 Inference cards
Use text features  Reptile book- index  Book making journal
Use diagrams,  Monkey with a tool belt and a noisy  Scientific diagrams
illustrations and charts problem  Labelling activities
 13 storey tree house
Explain cause and  Cloudy with a chance of meatballs  Cause and effect
effect relationships chart
Compare and  The very hungry caterpillar/bear  Venn diagram
contrast  The true story of the three little pigs
Text types and  Variety of text types  Explicit teaching of
authors purpose genre
 Guided Reading – Level 1 – Strategy Lessons
Strategies Structure and focus
Word attack skills: 1. Concepts about print
 Look at the picture 2. Vocab card
 Look at the first sound- get your lips ready 3. Activate prior knowledge
 Blend the sounds together
4. Make predictions
 Stretch it out
 Chunk letters and sounds together 5. Read text (attack words)
 Look for little words inside of big words 6. Pattern discovery
 Think of another word that looks the same 7. Make connections (to self)
 Recognise sight words 8. Ask questions
Check for understanding: 9. Make inferences
 Does it make sense? 10. Retell the story
 Does it sound right? 11. Phonological awareness
 Does it look right?
activities
Fix up strategies:
12. Practice sounds and sight
 Back up and re-read
words
 Attack the words!
 Keep going, read on

Guided Reading – Level 2 – Strategy Lessons

Strategies Structure and focus
Word attack skills: 1. Vocab card
 Look at the picture 2. Activate prior knowledge
 Look at the first sound- get your lips ready 3. Make predictions
 Blend the sounds together
4. Read text (attack words)
 Stretch it out
 Chunk letters and sounds together 5. Visualise
 Look for little words inside of big words 6. Make connections (to self,
 Think of another word that looks the same world and other texts)
 Recognis sight words 7. Compare and contrast
 Look at word endings 8. Ask questions
 Flip the sound 9. Make inferences
Check for understanding: 10. Summarise
 Does it make sense?
11. Test purpose and main idea
 Does it sound right?
 Does it look right? 12. Evaluate
 Stop and retell
Fix up strategies:
 Back up and re-read
 Attack the words!
 Skip the word and come back to it
 Keep going, read on
Use punctuation and expression
Make your reading smooth- fluency
Read at different rates
Tune into interesting words- expand your vocabulary
 Using Active Reading Strategies
Activate Prior Knowledge:

Predict:

Visualise:

Connect:

Question and Infer:

Evaluate: