Author: Wood Dale SD # 7

preview

I can look at the pictures and words before I read.

make a prediction

I wonder if ____ because_______.
I think ________ because_______.
I predict______ because________.
I use clues from the book to check, make or change my predictions.

make a connection
Text to Text Text to Self Text to World

question

thick

thin

????

I wonder..
Who..
What..
When..
Why..
Where..
How..

summarize

Retell the important information or events in your own words.
It is much shorter.

clarify

I didn't understand _________.
I’m confused about _________.
I get this part about__________.
I don't get this part about____.
So I … reread, reread, check the parts of
the word I know, try another word.

imagery

touch each word

chop out words

use picture clues

read sight words

tell facts or opinions

facts

opinions

tell the sounds

read fluently

smooth

Chop some words

Not too fast, not too slow

expression

comprehension

Retell

characters
setting

problem
solution

tell main idea and details

reread

get your mouth ready

say the beginning sound… c a t

look and listen
for patterns in words

bossy r

controls the vowels
a, e, i, o, u

word families

words that have the same ending chunks

-an
ran tan man pan fan

compound word
2 small words put together to make a big word

bed + time = bedtime

contraction
A word that is made from to small words and has an apostrophe
do + not = don’t
he + will = he’ll

root word or base word
unhappy un happy
prefix root word
helpful help ful
root word suffix

suffix
A syllable that is added to the end of a root word.
-ful -ly -less
careful nicely helpless

prefix
A syllable that is added to the
beginning of a root word.
un- re- dis-
unkind redo dislike

digraphs
th sh ch wh

CVCe
e a
The Magic e Rule:
The e is silent and tells the vowel to says its name

CVC

Consonant Vowel Consonant
short vowel sound
chop it out!

vowel teams
When 2 vowel go walking
the first one does the talking

blends
Two or more consonants together in a word. Each letter makes a sound.
cl- str- tr-
clock strike tree
clap string trip

vowels
a e i o u

consonants
b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z