The document outlines several reading strategies and comprehension skills: 1) It recommends applying decoding strategies like context clues to solve unknown words, and developing vocabulary. 2) It suggests using pre-reading strategies such as accessing prior knowledge and making predictions. 3) During and after reading, the document advises self-questioning, correcting understanding, and using details to draw conclusions.

2. • R1C: Develop and apply decoding strategies
to ‘problem-solve’ unknown words when
reading.
• R1E: Develop vocabulary through context
clues and synonyms.
• R1F: Apply pre-reading strategies to aid
comprehension … access prior knowledge,
predict …

3. Notice that each word is
covered with TWO colors. The
onset is first (all the letters
before the first vowel).
Suddenly the loud screech of a hawk
echoed through the darkness and all the
members of the Adventure Club found
themselves huddling together in the
shadows of the pine trees. Katie shot her
water gun in the direction of the hawk
and everyone listened as strange and
unfamiliar noises of the night filled the
woods.
Text: George Washington’s Socks by Elvira Woodruff

4. Suddenly the loud screech of a hawk
echoed through the darkness
• First, read the entire paragraph and say
blank for the covered words. Then, go
back and read the first sentence (in this
case, the first part of the first sentence).
What word would make sense?

5. Suddenly the loud screech
Collect guesses from students and record
them on the board.
• shriek Next, uncover the onset (all the
letters before the first vowel).
• scream Then, reread your list and cross
out the word shriek because it
• screech won’t work. (shr vs. scr)
Suddenly the loud screech
After uncovering the onset, collect more words. This is a good time to teach synonyms.
Continue playing Guess the Covered Word. NEVER cover a word beginning with a vowel.

6. • R1F: Apply pre-reading strategies to aid
comprehension.
– Access prior knowledge
– Preview
– Predict
– Set a purpose for reading
• R1G: During reading, utilize strategies to self-question
and correct.
• R1H: Apply post-reading skills to comprehend text.
– Question to clarify
– Reflect
– Analyze
• R2C/R3C: Use details to make predictions, draw
conclusions …

7. Do you have this book?
If You Hopped Like a Frog
By: David Schwartz

8. As you read,
you’ll
discover
that if you
ate like a
shrew, you
could
devour over
700
hamburgers
in a day. To
figure out
the answer,
you will
have to do
some math.

9. A shrew? What’s a shrew??
Shrews are among the
smallest of mammals
but they can eat up to
THREE times their
weight daily. If you ate
three times YOUR
weight, how many
hamburgers could you
eat? What’s the
answer now???

10. • Consider having students PREDICT the
sequence of events before reading in the
before column.
• Then, as they read, they can record the actual
sequence of events.
– R3C: Use details from the text to organize a
sequence of events.