Good Readers:

Objective

• Students, today I want you to understand and identify the qualities and strategies that make a good reader.

A good reader is somebody who ___________.

A good reader...

• Knows lots of words.
• Understands what they are reading.
• reads fasts.

Monitor for meaning

• The number one thing that separates a good reader from an okay reader is that great readers know when they stop "getting it"

In other words, good readers constantly monitor for meaning--they constantly ask, "Am I getting it?"

What do good readers do after realizing they don't get it?

Good readers do the following things when they realize they're having a problem:

1)Reread. Readers reread a sentence, a paragraph, or even a chapter whey they realize they're confused

2) Read ahead. Sometimes readers read on to see if that helps clear things up.

3) Stop and think. Readers stop to ask themselves questions--and then go back and look for answers on other, earlier pages.

4) Readers notice when a problem comes up, figure out what the problem is, and then do something about it. When they're stuck, they ask for help.

Good Readers...

• Reread when confused.
• Read ahead to clear things up.
• Stop and ask themselves questions--then they look for answers!
• Ask for help when they're stuck.

Good Readers:

Objective: Students, today I want you to identify some strategies you can use when you encounter an unfamiliar word.

Sometimes, you don't know a word at all.

Sometimes, you just don't recognize a word right away (you've heard it before, seen it before).

What are some strategies for tackling unfamiliar words?

What do you do?

1. Sound it out.

2. Reread the sentence.

3. Break the word up into parts.

4. Skip the word and see if it still makes sense.

5. Read ahead a little bit.

6. Reread the sentence and say "blank" instead of the word. Then ask, "what would make sense here?"

Tackling Tricky Words

• Sound it out.
• Reread the sentence.
• Break the word into parts.
• Skip the word and see if it still makes sense.
• Read ahead a little bit.
• Reread the sentence and replace the tricky word with another word