What do good readers do?
Good readers....
1) Predict / Guess
2) Demand Meaning
3) Read Again
4) Skip and Go On
5) Think
6) Use Picture Clues
7) Self Correct
8) Sound Out
This information is good for teachers, parents, AND students. Talk to your beginning reader about these strategies. Point out that ‘sounding out words’ is at the very bottom of the list. Phonics gets us started, but it is not the tool we use for everyday reading. Demanding meaning from a text is what leads us to understanding. Fluency (reading at a steady pace) is what allows us to follow the story-line.
And although it’s not on the list: children who enjoy books and who have had positive experiences with reading & listening to books will enter the game a step ahead of the rest.
1) Predict / Guess
2) Demand Meaning
3) Read Again
4) Skip and Go On
5) Think
6) Use Picture Clues
7) Self Correct
8) Sound Out
This information is good for teachers, parents, AND students. Talk to your beginning reader about these strategies. Point out that ‘sounding out words’ is at the very bottom of the list. Phonics gets us started, but it is not the tool we use for everyday reading. Demanding meaning from a text is what leads us to understanding. Fluency (reading at a steady pace) is what allows us to follow the story-line.
And although it’s not on the list: children who enjoy books and who have had positive experiences with reading & listening to books will enter the game a step ahead of the rest.