Language Arts  Please click on your child's Language Arts teacher below to access the appropriate class information. Scroll down to find helpful information to help your child practice reading at home. For even more information about reading, click on the "Sight Words" and "Fluency" tabs on the left hand side. Ms. French's Language Arts Class Ms. Harlow's Language Arts Class Mrs. Marshall's Language Arts Class Before Reading 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. Ask, What is happening in the pictures?
During Reading Visualize - make a movie in your head just like you do when listening to a story. Question -
think about the story, asking yourself who, what, when, where, why, how. Clarify -
understand new words - figure out words using the following strategies
o Point to each word to keep track of where you are reading o Get your mouth ready for the word (use beginning sounds to figure out words) o Use ending sounds to figure out words o Use pictures on the page to help figure out a word o Look for chunks you know (group of letters in a pattern like _ack, _ight, or the ing King!) o Look for a smaller word within the word o Read to the end of the sentence o Reread the sentence or passage to increase understanding Make predictions - "What happens next?"
Make connections o Text to Self Connection: Have you felt the same way as a character in the story? Did something similar happen to you? o Text to Text Connection: What other story is like this one? o Text to World Connection: Does it help you think about something in real life not directly connected to you?
After Reading React - What did you think of the story? How did it make you feel? 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 (the problem gets solved) ~ Finally (what happened at the end?) |
