Tuesday, May 15, 2012

THE TOOLS OF GOOD READERS

The Tools of Good Readers  (“Totally Reading” CD)
(Children repeat each line as they do in the “Rules of the Classroom.”)

The tools, the tools, the tools of good readers.  (Children repeat.)
(Snap fingers and sway from left to right.)
Look, look, look at the picture.  (Children repeat.)
(Point fingers to eyes.)
The tools, the tools, the tools of good readers.  (Children repeat.)

Sound, sound, sound out the letters…(Point to ears.)

Go back, go back, and read it again….(Twirl hands around.)

Do you see a smaller chunk that you can read?...(Hold up thumb and                                                                     index finger.)

*Make a chart with the “tools of good readers” for your classroom.  Remind children to use one of the tools when they come to a word they don’t know.

*Let children make an individual “tool box” that they can take home and use over the summer.


*Encourage children to think out loud by asking, “How did you know that word?”  Reinforce the rules by saying, “Oh, you looked at the picture.  Good job!”



http://www.drjean.org/html/monthly_act/act_2007/07_Summer2007/ToolsOfGoodRdrs.pdf