Reading 

*Strategies we are practicing or have practiced are in Purple*

Accuracy Strategies

Back up and reread

Cross Checking.Does this make sense do the letters match?

Blend sounds stretch and reread

Chunk letters together

Use the picture.Do the words and the pictures match?

Skip the word and come back.

Use beginning sounds

Trade a word

Sound it out

Fluency

Reread to make it smooth

Read sight words

Adjust rate to match purpose

I read you read the same words

Practice reading plays, poems or choral reading

Read with expression

Apply reading rate to match text

Comprehension Strategies

  Ask.Does this make sense?

  Do I remember what I read?

  Summarize the text

  Make a picture in my mind

Ask...Do I have any background knowledge?

Make connections to what I read

 Check for understanding...Do I need to reread?

Retell the story

Predict what will happen

Ask questions while reading

Use Text Features to understand

Infer using prior knowledge

Determine importance:theme,main idea, details

Recognize cause and effect

Recognize literary devices

Determine the author's purpose

Draw conclusions based on evidence

Use monitoring strategies to gain meaning

Excellent Vocabulary

Tune in to interesting words and use them in my writing

Reread to clarify the meaning of a word

Read on

Adjust reading rate

Use prior knowledge to predict and determine word meaning

Use pictures, illustrations, and diagrams

Use prefixes, suffixes and abbreviations of the word

Use word origins and knowledge of roots

Ask someone to define the word

Use dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries

Understand and apply content vocabulary

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