Read, Cover, Remember, Retell

This strategy is perfect for nonfiction text and learning new information. Read as much of the text as you can cover with your hand or with a post-it note. Cover the text that was just read, thinking about what you read. Say what you remember. Repeat the process.

What can I say to my child? Read. Now cover. Say back

what you read. You can peek at the text! Make sure you think as you

read and make sure you “get” it.

Retell it. What did you learn?

Readers Ask QuestionsStudents can benefit from asking questions to make inferences. Readers often read without connecting to the text. It’s helpful to ask yourself question to think beyond the surface of the text and go into deeper meaning and ideas.

Here are a few “go deep” questions:

From whose perspective is this story being told? How might that help me understand more about my character?

Who in this story seems to have “power” and what impact does that power have?

Is what’s happening in this story fair? Who am I upset with? What’s the root of the issue?

3rd-5th

Reading Strategies to help with…

-Comprehension-Accuracy-Fluency-Expanding Vocabulary

Marnia LetendreOctober 23, 2019

Pictures and strategies shared are courtesy of Jennifer Serravallo’s The

Reading Strategies Book.

Photos are licensed under CC BY

Visualize to FocusReaders will typically begin to “zone out” and disengage from a text. This strategy is helpful for readers to focus on the text and think about details. Creating a picture in your mind helps the mind shift and stay focused. Try to experience what the author is describing and consider “What do I hear? See? Smell? Taste? Feel?”

What can I say to my child? Stop here. Use your senses. Describe your picture. Make

the picture move. How has your picture

changed? That’s what the text says,

what are you picturing? How does visualizing this part

help you understand more about your character? Setting?

Nonfiction Readers Stop and Jot

It is known that writing about nonfiction text will help you hold onto the important ideas and information as you read. Stopping to jot when you:

See a strong image Burst with curiosity Meet new words Have a reaction and/or ideas Learn new information Have questions

…these are times to STOP & JOT

Stop and jots are also helpful for fiction text. Readers might stop and jot when making predictions, tracking characters, making inferences, recording themes, and more!

Students might also use sticky notes to collect new vocabulary words to add to their reading journals. Students who acquire words, break them apart, and investigate word parts/meanings will grow leaps and bounds.

What can I say to my child? Why do you think the author

chose that word? That’s what it literally means.

What other layers of meaning are in this word?