Reading

Independent Reading

I want to be clear and communicate my philosophy on matching books to

readers. In this class, I will be exposing the students to many genres and

teaching them a variety of comprehension strategies (connections, retelling,

visualizing, inferring etc.). Depending on what I am teaching and my goal

for each reader, I will be selecting different types of books. It is not a

progression of harder and harder books. Rather, I'll help your child select

books that will facilitate my teaching and his/her learning and application.

It will support me if at home you encourage your children to read

lots of books and not focus on the size of books. Sometimes picture books

have more literary language and sophisticated themes. I will need to use

these to teach the deep comprehension strategies and I don’t want to view

them as “too easy”.

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I will be working on the following strategies as we read to help us

understand what we are reading. Use the following prompts as you read with

your child.

Making Connections

Good Readers constantly make connections between what they are reading and

their lives, the world, and other texts. Making connections deepens

understanding and brings meaning to the text.

Text-to-Self

This story reminds me of...

I felt the way the character did in this story when......

Text-to-Text

The main character in this story reminds me of the main character in__________.

The problem in this story reminds me of the problem in __________ because...

The solution in this story reminds me of the solution in ___________ because...

The lesson in this story reminds me of the lesson in __________ because...

The illustrations in this story remind me of the illustrations in __________

because...

The way this story is written reminds me of __________ because...

Text-to-World

This story makes me think of...

Asking Questions

Good Readers constantly ask questions before, during, and after reading.

Questioning provides a purpose for reading and keeps the reader engaged in the

text. It propels the reader forward to search for answers to their questions.

Questions are answered many different ways: in the text, from prior knowledge,

inferences, and further research. There are also some questions that are not

answered.

Before Reading

I wonder.......?

What do I think is going to happen?

What am I going to learn?

Why did the author choose this title?

Why did the author write this?

When did the story take place?

Who is the story about?

Who is telling the story?

During Reading

What do I think will happen next?

How does the character feel?

Why did __________ happen?

I wonder why __________?

What would I do?

How is the problem going to be solved?

Do you think ____ should have _______?

Am I paying attention to the message?

Would I be friends with _______?

What might happen if __________?

What do I still need to find out?

Why is this information important?

Do I understand what the author is saying?

After Reading

How did I feel when.....?

What was my opinion of.....?

When the author said __, I wondered....?

Why do you think the author.....?

What was the main idea.....?

Do I know someone like...?

What would have happened if......?

Do I agree with what the author said?

Would I be friends with _______?

What might happen if __________?

What do I still need to find out?

Why is this information important?

Do I understand what the author is saying?