Good Reader Strategies

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Good Reader Strategies
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• 1st, we will introduce 5 Strategies
• 2nd, we will give examples of these Strategies
• Last, you will know what to say and what you
  can do to help your child become a good reader!

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1. Knowing Good Reader Strategies
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What Do You Say?

• Based on the way most of us were taught to read,
• You might say SOUND IT OUT
• But.you must say MORE than Sound it Out when
  your child needs help reading a word

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Good Readers Need to Know More!!

• While phonics is an important part of reading,
  READING FOR MEANING is the primary goal.
• If we want to produce independent readers who
  monitor and correct themselves as they read, we
  must say MORE than SOUND IT OUT

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THE FIVE EASY STRATEGIES
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Samples of the 5 Strategies
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Strategy 1
Uses his eyes or finger to make it match
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Your child looks at this page and says

• That makes sense but your child has not learned
  that he must use his finger to make it match. He
  read 8 words and the sentence has only 6 words.

• I like to eat hot dogs with mustard

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What to Say?
Use Your Finger to Make it Match
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Strategy 1

• Your child rereads and points to each word.
• He reads I like to eat hot dogs.

Success!!! Your child has just used Good Reader
Strategy 1 He used his fingers to make it match
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Good Reader Strategy 2
Look at the Picture
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Strategy 2
Your child reads I like to eat...
You say, Look at the Picture
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Strategy 2
Your child rereads and says I like to eat..(he
looks at the picture and says) spaghetti.
Success!! Your child is using Good Reader
Strategy 2 Look at the Pictures
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Pictures Are Important!

• Never, never, never cover up the picture
• All beginning readers rely on picture clues and
  should be praised for using the pictures as a
  strategy for figuring out an unknown word.

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Good Reader Strategy 3

• Get your mouth ready.
• (Say the first sound)

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Strategy 3
Your child reads I like to eat
You say, Reread and get your mouth ready.
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Strategy 3

• Your child rereads and says I like to eat h
• Most likely honey will fly out of his mouth
  because he is thinking about the meaning of this
  story and what would make sense

• Success!!!!
• Your child is learning how to use Strategy 3
• Get your mouth ready

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Good Reader Strategy 4
Does it look right? Does it sound right? Does it
make sense?
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Strategy 4

• Your child reads I like to eat sandwiches.

(But he says, Is that right, Mom?) Dont SayYes
or No!!!!! You say, Does it look right?Does
it sound right?Does it make sense?
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Strategy 4
He rereads I like to eat sandwiches.

• He thinks and says, Yes.it makes sense and
  looks/sounds right!
• SUCCESS!! Your child is learning to use Strategy
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Good Reader Strategy 5
Start over (reread) to fix it up or to check it.
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Strategy 5
Your child reads I like to eat melon.

• DONT TELL YOUR CHILD WHAT..THE ERROR IS!!!
• INSTEADYou say, Something tricked you.Can you
  reread and fix it up?

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Strategy 5

• Your child reads
• I like to eatwwatermelon

Success!!! He noticed the error all by himself.
He is learning to use Strategy 5 Start over to
fix it up or to check it.
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In Conclusion
Did you learn what to say and do to help your
child become a GOOD READER?
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YOU CAN HELP!!

• Each time your child comes to an unknown word
• Wait 5 - 10 seconds to see what your child tries.
• Then, REMEMBER WHAT ELSE YOU KNOW TO SAY!!

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YOU CAN SAY...
1. Use your finger to make it match. 2. Look at
the Picture. 3. Get your mouth ready. 4. Does it
look right? Does it sound right? Does it make
sense? 5. Reread to fix it up or to check it.
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Good Readers

• If your child reads each night and you help using
  the 5 GOOD READER STRATEGIES.
• Oakland Elementary will have GOOD Readers
  popping up everywhere!!