Reading Strategies While Listening to Your Child
Read:
Think Aloud!
Connect
"This reminds me of..."
"I remember something like this that happened to
me when..."
"I read another book where the character..."
"This is like what happens in our school
when..."
"Our counetry doesn't have that holiday, but we
have..."
Predict
"I wonder if..."
"I wonder who..."
"I think I know what is coming next..."
"He will be in trouble if..."
"I think we will learn how..."
Summarize/Conclude
"The most important thing I've learned so far
is..."
"I know he must be feeling..."
"So far in our story..."
"So far, I have learned that..."
Question/Monitor
"I wonder what it means when..."
"I don't understand..."
"It didn't make sense when..."
"I'm going to reread that, because it didn't
make sense that,,,"
Image/Infer
"Even though it isn't in the picture, I can see
that..."
"Mmm, I can almost taste the..."
"It sent chilld down my spine when it said..."
"For a minute, I thought I could smell..."
"I could hear the..."
"I can imagine what it is like to..."
"I can picture the..."
Evaluate/Apply
"My favorite part in this chapter was..."
"I really liked how the author..."
"What I don't like about his part is..."
"It was really interesting to learn that..."
"I am going to try this one when I..."
"I wish I could..."
"If I were her, I would,,,"
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