Literacy Strategies

Home Reading Strategies

Reading is very important at home and during the summer.

Reading at home helps your child become more successful all throughout the school year.
If you encourage your child to read over the summer, he or she will be more prepared for the next school year.

Below are some reading strategies you can use with your child that we have taught during school.

ALPHABOX

Add words and phrases to the alphabox about a topic. Use in retells and in writing.

I WONDER

Students verbalize their own wonderings throughout the story. (Before, during, and after the reading) The reader says, "I wonder..."

FIX-UP STRATEGIES

Students use comprehension and decoding skills as they read a variety of texts. Examples: picture clues, skip word, find a chunk, get mouth ready, reread, ask a question, or make a connection.

CODING STRATEGY

Students code the text using the following codes

* I already knew this.

! Wow! Interesting.

+ New Information.

jQuery18305794855749700218_1437083662974 I don't understand. I have questions.

I REMEMBER

Pause frequently for partner talk. Mini-retells should occur frequently through the text.

SAY SOMETHING

Connect, extend, think…Have a reaction! What would you say if I told you______? (turn to partner and "say something") Ask why.

SKETCH TO STRETCH

Visualize and draw. Pause frequently to sketch and extend thinking. Interpret and understand.

KEY WORD

Select a small number of key words to jot on stickies. Use them to summarize. Answer questions.

VERY IMPORTANT POINTS (VIP)

Slim strips of stickies to mark VERY important ideas.

READ, COVER, REMEMBER, RETELL

Use your hand to cover portions of text, retell then continue.