This year as our reading skills develop we want to make sure that we are using helpful strategies to improve how we read and our understanding of what we read. These are called our reading strategies, the tips and tricks we can use to improve our reading and comprehension. The reading strategies we have posted in our classroom are in the photograph below: Some children use these strategies automatically while other students need to be reminded to use them while reading a book, magazine, text online, or any other text. These reading strategies include: 1. Point to each word. 2. Sound out each word. 3. Think about what makes sense. 4. Look at the pictures for hints about the text. 5. Does it look like a word you know? 6. Skip the word you don't know. Read no for clues. Then re-read the sentence. 7. Look and listen for word patterns. 8. Does it sound right? 9. Look at the pictures and the first letter or letters. 10. Look for words you know. We have talked about these in detail in class and suggest that you have a conversation with your child about the strategies they already use, and the strategies that they could begin to use to improve their reading. Some advanced readers may only use a few of these strategies while those continuing to develop their reading may use more. Enjoy your reading! Comments are closed.
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