Reading comprehension strategy of the week: Questioning
Good readers ask themselves questions when they read.
What Good Readers Are Thinking...
*What is the author saying?
*Why is that happening?
*Why did this character...?
When your child gets stuck on a word they can...
-get their mouth ready for the beginning sound or sounds up to the vowel. -look at the picture and think about what would make sense. -run their finger under the word and say the sounds or word parts they know. -see what they know about the word (chunk it or break it into smaller words they know) -skip it and then go back and think about what would make sense -reread
