Magic Clap
– Select a vocabulary word from a book before you read it and explain the
meaning to your class. Tell
them when they hear the word in the book they can clap their hands, stand up,
or make some other motion.
Sign Language
– Teach children signs for “understand” (bend index finger and wiggle by brain)
and “don’t understand” (wiggle index finger and shake head “no”). Explain that if they hear a word they
don’t understand they should make the sign to let you know.
Tools of Good
Readers – Teach children the song below to the tune of “Old
MacDonald.” Model the different
strategies. When reading,
occasionally leave out a word. Go
back and read it again and let children suggest different words that make
sense.
This
Is How You Learn to Read DONE
(Tune: “Old MacDonald”)
Oh,
this is how you learn to read – a e i o u
Use
your eyes and what do you see? a e
i o u
A
picture here, a picture there.
Look
at pictures everywhere.
This
is how you learn to read - a e i o
u
Oh,
this is how you learn to read – a e i o u
Use
your ears for sounds you hear – a e i o u
Consonants
here.
Vowels
there.
Put
sounds together everywhere.
This
is how you learn to read – a e i o u
Oh,
this is how you learn to read – a e i o u
If
you forget words in you head – a e i o u
Just
skip one here.
Or
skip one there.
Then
go back and read it again.
This
is how you learn to read – a e i o u