Friday, October 24, 2008

Reading Strategies

The students have been reviewing reading strategies that they were introduced to in Kindergarten. These strategies are used when they come to an unknown word. Some of the strategies are:
Getting our mouth ready ( sometimes the word just pops out!)
Using picture clues
S-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g out the word
Looking for smaller words inside the word
Asking ourselves: Does that make sense? If not, go back and try again
We also have been practicing determining the main idea of a story. This is difficult for the students because they are used to retelling a story and giving lots of details. When we ask for the main idea, however, we just want a sentence or two that tells what the story is all about.

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