TOOLS OF GOOD READERS

This song will help children realize that they have the TOOLS they need to decode words.

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

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

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

*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.
                                             

Activities: Let children make a “Reader’s Toolbox.” Fold a piece of construction paper in half. Attach pipe cleaners for handles. Have children cut out the strategies good readers use and save them in their toolboxes.

     
*When children decode a word encourage them to “think out loud” by describing the strategy they used. 

You'll find this song and the visuals in our "November Happies."

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