Try that again. You said _______. Does that make sense? Look at the picture. What might happen next in the story? Did that make sense? What would make sense? Try___, would that make sense?
Does it look right? Can you say it that way? What would sound right? Try___, would that sound right?
Does it look right? What do you expect to see at the beginning? At the end? Do you know a word like that? What does it start with? Can you say more than that? What do you know that might help?
You’re nearly right. Try that again. I liked the way you worked that out. You made a mistake. Can you find it? Something wasn’t quite right. To encourage your child to read fluently you might say: Put your words together so it sounds like you’re talking. Can you read this quickly?
Adapted from: Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell