KINDERGARTEN2 ND GRADE READING STRATEGIES Strategies address Comprehension

KINDERGARTEN-2 ND GRADE READING STRATEGIES Strategies address: Comprehension Accuracy Fluency Expanding Vocabulary

USE A WORD YOU KNOW Accuracy = Decoding We want our students to see a correlation between the words they already know with new and tricky words. Keeping track of words they know helps children to translate the known to the unknown. Keep lists of similar words for tricky parts, especially for common features. Ex. You know “night, ” what do you think this word might be? “frightened”

MAKE THE BUMPY SMOOTH Kindergarten students will begin reading with their finger to ensure one-to-one matching of the words. First graders typically start the year off with their finger, but begin to take it out at about level E (-ish). Second graders might slide their finger under large sections of text, but usually can do the work with their eyes.

Story structure is very abstract for our students to wrap their little minds around. This strategy helps children to connect the dots between the problem, where it is placed within the story (middle), and consider why an author has chosen a title. It’s a clue for the reader to keep the meaning of the text. TITLE POWER! Because of easier levels, this strategy is most helpful in read aloud texts. Some titles and books don’t lend themselves to this work.

HOW IS THE CHARACTER FEELING? Paying attention to a character helps a student to: * Think about their feelings in connection with the character. * Make predictions as to how the character might react or solve a problem. * Connect the dots within the plot/story structure. Who is the character, what was their problem, how did they change over the text?

KEEP TRACK OF CHARACTERS THROUGHOUT THE TEXT

* Spend time reading aloud to your child! * After you’ve read a book aloud, talk about it. * Create a balance between picture books and chapter books. Photo Credit: Reading Rockets WHAT ELSE CAN I DO? http: //www. scholastic. ca/readingreport/reading-aloud. php * Does your child have a passion? Research a topic with your child. Mackin. VIA is a safe search engine. * Create a book club with your child.