Toolbox of Reading Strategies

All successful readers need to develop effective strategies for figuring out new words in the text. We think of these useful reading strategies as tools in our reading toolbox.  When your child is reading and comes to an unknown word, remind him or her that they have many tools to help them

Look at the pictures.

Get your mouth ready to say the first sound.

Think about what would make sense.

Look for chunks in the word

Skip the word, read to the end of the sentence, then go back and read the sentence again.

ALWAYS think about what makes sense !