What Do Good Readers Do?

l. WORD LEVEL

–Understand & apply left to right directionality and return sweeps

–Use a pattern to predict

–Use the picture clues

–Match 1:1 (print to speech)

–Point under the word

–Locate know words and use as anchors

–Notice when the pattern changes

–Use beginning letters

–Look across the whole word

–Use chunks and parts of words to decode unfamiliar words

–Use known words to figure out unknown words

–Use a balance of cues while reading (M, S, and V)

–MONITOR FOR MEANING AT ALL TIMES- Does it
    make sense? (word level)

–Monitor for language- Does it sound right?

–Go back and reread when stuck on a word

–Go back and reread when meaning breaks down

–Self-correct by cross checking M, S, and V.

–Skip a word, read on,  & then go back to figure word based on context

–Read high frequency words automatically.

 

FLUENCY

–Read fluently with proper phrasing and voice

–Read with attention to punctuation

  COMPREHENSION- PASSAGE LEVEL

–MONITOR FOR MEANING- Do I understand this? (passage level)

–Stop and think as you read; retell

–Make connections- What does this remind you of?

–Ask yourself questions as you read?

–Make pictures in your mind; visualize what you are reading

–Use context clues to figure out meaning of new words