Reading Strategies for Emergent Readers
An emergent reader has print awareness, reads in left-to-right and top-to-bottom progression, uses some beginning and ending letter sounds, may tell a story from memory, may invent text, interprets/uses picture cues to help tell a story and is beginning to use high-frequency words.
STOP! Before Reading Checklist (for Emergent Readers)
What do I know about this subject?
What do I predict I am going to learn?
Do I have any Questions?
What do I predict I am going to learn?
Do I have any Questions?
SLOW DOWN! During Reading Checklist
(for Emergent Readers)
Can I tell myself the important facts so far?
Can I make some connections?
Is my MIND-MOVIE turned on?
Can I make some connections?
Is my MIND-MOVIE turned on?
GO! After Reading Checklist (for Emergent Readers)
What did I learn?
What was confusing? Should I re-read anything?
What was the BIG idea?
How was my MIND-MOVIE?
What was confusing? Should I re-read anything?
What was the BIG idea?
How was my MIND-MOVIE?
How to help a child become an Independent Reader
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Reading Strategies for Transitional Readers
A transitional reader recognizes the importance of monitoring reading for understanding, uses multiple sources of information and begins to read a greater variety of longer text.
Reading Strategies for a Fluent Readers
A fluent reader uses all sources of information flexibly to problem-solve independently and reads a variety of genres for information and pleasure.