Reading Strategies: 1. Look at the pictures. 2. Does it make sense? 3. Get your mouth ready. 4. Does it look right? 5. Does it sound right? 6. Reread. 7. Look for hunk and chunks. We added our final reading strategy today: Look for hunk and chunks. We talked about how we are going to start looking for hunks and chunks or words we know in other words. That we are going to move on from sounding out EVERY SINGLE letter. Doing that, doesn't make reading enjoyable. It makes our brain work too hard and then we either forget what we read or didn't like it. We are going to start looking for hunk and chunks and words within words that we know to help us decode words. We also had a long discussion about how the more we practice being readers and using these strategies, the easier reading will become. That reading is supposed to be fun and enjoyable. That using these strategies and practicing nightly, we help us become strong readers i.e. enjoying our books more! Because we get to read more interesting stories. Also, I have been having them come up and practice reading/using their strategies in front of their peers. They love to do this! We watch and identify what strategies they are using, as well as throw lots of compliments their way when they get a hard word! Some books that would be a great addition to your home library: Piggie and Gerald by Mo Willems. He writes with almost all sight/high frequency words. This is a great way for them to practice these words and add them to their bank! They are hilarious and the kids LOVE them! And because they are bigger/longer they feel more accomplished when they are reading them. Plus we will come back to these books when we start learning about how to read with expression/intonation when looking at punctuation.
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