Reading Strategies

Over the past 2 weeks in Reading Workshop we have been learning about decoding strategies which can help us solve tricky words.  The strategies we have learned about are:

Eagle Eyes:  Look at the picture.  Look at the pictures for clues to help you figure out the tricky word.

Lips the Fish:  Get your lips ready.  Say the first few sounds of the word out loud.  Read to the end of the sentence and say it again.

Stretchy Snake:  Stretch it out!  Stretch out the word slowly.  Put the sounds together to figure out the word.

Elephant Ears:  Listen carefully as you read the sounds in the word. Does the sound match the letter?  Does it make sense?

Chunky Monkey:  Look for small “chunks” of the word you know inside of bigger words.  Look for a word part.

Flipper the Dolphin:  Flip the vowel sound.  If you tried the word using a short vowel, try the word using a long vowel sound instead.  Reread the word, does it make sense?

Tryin’ Lion:  Try it again!  Try to read the sentence again.  Try a word that makes sense.

Skippy Frog:  Skip it! Skip it! Skip it! Skip the word. Read to the end of the sentence.

 Dot the Giraffe: Look at the punctuation.  Read with expression.  Make sure to stop and pause at all the right places.

With so many new strategies it’s hard to remember them all… therefore we have begun using the following bookmarks to help us remember them all.

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