Literacy+with+Mrs.+Oetgen!

=Literacy in Mrs. Oetgen's Class.=

We spend our days fostering a love of literature and developing our skills as readers, writers, and spellers through practice with reading comprehension skills, literary analysis, word study, discussion, fluency work, and LOTS of time with our noses in books!

Below is a list of great reading strategies you can follow up with at home.


 * __ READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES: __**

STOP AND THINK ~Take a reflective pause when reading. Good readers stop and think throughout the text. ~Ask yourself the five Ws- Who? What? When? Where? Why? And How? ~Think about what you read and how you can do any of the following:

INFER ~How do I read between the lines? ~When the answers are “right there,” good readers draw conclusions based on background knowledge and clues in the text. ~Ask yourself: • I wonder why... • I wonder how... • I wonder if... ~Find information from the text that might be clues to the answers and use these with your background knowledge for possible answers.

MAKE CONNECTIONS ~What connections do I make as I read? ~Good readers notice pieces of text that relate to or remind them of: • Their lives, past experiences, and prior knowledge • Other books, articles, movies, songs, or pieces of writing • Events, people, or issues ~Tips: • That reminds me of... • This made me think of... • I read another book that... • This is different from... • I remember when.

ASK QUESTIONS ~Good readers ask questions before, during, and after reading to better understand the author and the meaning of the text. ~Ask questions of the author, yourself, and the text: • What is the author trying to say? • What is the message of this piece? • Do I know something about this topic? • What do I think I will learn from this text? • How could this be explained to someone else? • What predictions do I have about this reading?

DETERMINE IMPORTANCE OF TEXT FEATURES ~What’s the big idea? So what? ~Good readers look for things that help them identify big ideas and why they are important. ~Look at text features for clues: • Identify the characters, setting, plot, and problem • Titles and headings • Bold print • Pictures and captions • Graphs and charts • Chapter objectives & questions ~Tips: • The big idea is... • Most important information is... • So far I’ve learned... • The author is saying... • This idea is similar to….

AND….REREAD, REREAD, REREAD! // ~Always // go back and reread a sentence, a phrase, a paragraph, a page, a chapter- anything that you don’t understand, still have questions about, or want to experience further. ~Reread when you are prompted to answer a question. ~ LOOK BACK in the text and/or illustrations to help you better understand the overall picture or message of the story.