Classroom Strategies
While learning to read comes easily to some, for most it takes many years of guidance and ‘clues’ to help our students get to become fluent and accurate readers.
To help them along the way, an effective approach is the use of reading strategies. Tryin Lion reminds students to persevere with their reading, even when it is hard. Chunky Monkey reminds students to Chunk the words when they are having difficulty decoding a word. Other reading strategies can assist students in gaining more meaning from the text. Such as making connections from the text, to other texts, prior knowledge and world events, to help students better understand the text they are reading. These strategies can be used for explicit literacy teaching times, guided reading and writing groups, and independent practice. |