"The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go!"
Dr. Suess - "I Can Read With My Eyes Shut"
Great Reading Strategies
Print Strategies
What to do when you come to an unfamiliar word?
Meaning Strategies
What to do to help you understand a story?
Look at the picture
“Get your mouth ready” to chunk the word.
Look for little words you know in big words. (Example: “at” in “pattern”)
Look for parts you know in words. (Example: “er” in pattern)
Look for word families that you know. (If you know “at” then you know “hat”)
Skip the word you don’t know and read on to the end of the sentence. Come back and reread to try and figure out a word that would make sense.
ALWAYS reread and check yourself! Make sure the word makes sense, sounds right and looks right in the sentence.
Use your schema or what you know about a topic when you’re reading.
Always, stop and think about what’s going on in the story.
Make predictions or think about what you think would happen as you’re reading and always check your predictions.
Make text to self connections (what the story reminds you of in your life), text to text connections (what other books the story reminds you of) and text to world connections.
Think about how a character acts or feels in the story.
Think about the problem, solution and setting of the story.
Think about the beginning, middle and end of the story.
Make inferences and think about why things happen in a story.
Create mental images and try to picture the story in your mind. (Visualize)
Ask questions before you read, during your reading and after you finish reading.