Reading Comprehension Strategies
In first grade we focus on:
-Determining Importance
Finding the Characters, Setting, Problem, and Solution
-Making Connections
Making self-to-text, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections
-Asking Questions
Asking questions promotes good thinking about the story and helps us understand the story better.
-Sensory Images (Making Images)
Creating a picture or movie in our head helps us understand the story better.
-Inferring
Using what we already know and making a guess at what might happen!
-Determining Importance
Finding the Characters, Setting, Problem, and Solution
-Making Connections
Making self-to-text, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections
-Asking Questions
Asking questions promotes good thinking about the story and helps us understand the story better.
-Sensory Images (Making Images)
Creating a picture or movie in our head helps us understand the story better.
-Inferring
Using what we already know and making a guess at what might happen!
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Storyline Online
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
Dinosaurs Before Dark VoiceThread
H Brother Digraphs
View this Prezi to practice digraphs!
Listen to Books!
The Polar Express
Harry the Dirty Dog
The Rainbow Fish
A Bad Case of Stripes
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge
Stellaluna
Brave Irene
Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble Online Stories
Poetry
Make Your Own Theme Poem
Write theme poems with words or phrases!
Make an Acrostic Poem
Use your name, favorite animal, sport, or anything you want. Then write words starting with each letter in your word to talk about the word.
Here's an acrostic poem for 'kid':
K-kind
I-intelligent
D-determined
Here's an acrostic poem for 'kid':
K-kind
I-intelligent
D-determined
The Kissing Hand
Watch Audrey Penn, the author of The Kissing Hand read the story she wrote!
We will read this during our first week of school.
We will read this during our first week of school.
Reading Strategies
Reading with your child every day is essential. Below are some phrases and tips to help you when reading with your child.
Go back and read it again.
Get your mouth ready for the word.
Look for chunks, or little words you know.
Look at the picture.
Ask, "does that make sense?"
Skip it, read on, and go back.
Sound out the letters.
Ask for help when you have tried all of these steps!
Go back and read it again.
Get your mouth ready for the word.
Look for chunks, or little words you know.
Look at the picture.
Ask, "does that make sense?"
Skip it, read on, and go back.
Sound out the letters.
Ask for help when you have tried all of these steps!
Reading Websites
Word Maker - phonics practice
Word Wizard
Beginning of First Grade Practice
Starfall
Game Goo
ABCya
Listen to Stories Online!
Tumble Books
Mighty Books
Literacy Center Website
Alphabet
Initial Sound Game
ABC Match
Puzzle CVC Words
Questioning Strategy
We ask questions:
-before
-during
-after
reading!
-before
-during
-after
reading!
Download the question form for student use:
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Questioning Strategy
View this Prezi to review the words we use to form a question.
Click on this link to view our questions from the story Big Al.
Click on this link to view our questions from the story Big Al.
Magic Tree House Books
Junie B. Jones
We Give Books
Click on the link to visit a website that lets you read a whole book on your computer! There are many that we are already familiar with! How neat that you don't have to go to the library to read some of these at home!
This site is also wonderful because they donate many books to kids that do not have many. Every time you read a book online, they will donate a book for you to a child in need! Let's support this awesome cause!
This site is also wonderful because they donate many books to kids that do not have many. Every time you read a book online, they will donate a book for you to a child in need! Let's support this awesome cause!
Our reading celebration made it to the local paper!
Click to view the article!
We Did It!
Our school participated in a summer reading program last summer.
We read so many minutes that we are in the top 20 schools in the nation!
Our school is in the Scholastic World Record Book!
Our celebration is Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at our school.
We will have videos from students and teachers, guest readers, and prizes!
We read so many minutes that we are in the top 20 schools in the nation!
Our school is in the Scholastic World Record Book!
Our celebration is Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at our school.
We will have videos from students and teachers, guest readers, and prizes!
Making Inferences
Sometimes reading is being a good detective...visit this Wiki to learn more about Inferring!
Make a guess-practice making inferences!
Make a guess-practice making inferences!