This is a powerpoint that could be used to introduce reading strategies to beginning readers. I plan on introducing one strategy a week and then practicing it repeatedly in whole group, paired, and individual practice.

1. Learn to Read
with
Strategy
Photo by: Courosa
By: Melissa Pierce

2. Your goal in the first grade is to learn
HOW TO READ.
Here are 7 reading strategies to be
SUCCESSFUL!

3. Strategy #1
Get Your Mouth Ready

4. Get your mouth ready to:
say the sound of the first letter in the word
M ouse – Your lips should be touching.
O ctopus – Your mouth should be open like an “o”.
S tep - Your mouth is only slightly open and air is
barely blowing through your clenched teeth.
Getting your mouth ready to make the correct
sound gives you a running start at the word!

5. Let’s practice
Look at the underlined word. Get your mouth ready for the first sound
• Max the dog sits on a mat.
• Tom the duck waddled to the pond.

6. Strategy #2
Sound It Out
c-a-t

7. Sound out each letter of the word
Look at the three letter word below.
You should hear 3 sounds when you say that word.
b a t
Say the sounds slowly, then quickly
b a t bat

8. Let’s Practice
Sound out any words below that you may not know. Be sure to look at
each letter carefully.
1. The ball rolled across the street.
5. Jack and Jill ran down the hill.

9. Strategy #3
Look at the Picture

10. If you are stuck on a word, use the
picture to give you clues that might
help you figure it out.
I went to the circus and saw elephants doing tricks!

11. Let’s Practice
Read the story below. What is the underlined word? Use the picture method to help you.
Photo by: Derek Hatfield
You may often find animals like the rhinoceros in
Africa. Rhinos eat only plants and give birth to live
young.

12. Strategy #4
Does it sound right?

13. Guess a word……does it sound
right?
When you get stuck on a word, it is okay to
try to guess what the word is, but you have
to make sure it sounds right and makes
sense in the sentence.
My dad has a big red truck.
My guess: dig
Does it sound right? No, it doesn’t make sense.

14. Strategy #5
Reread

15. Sometimes all we need to do is go
back and read the sentence again.
When you read a sentence and something
doesn’t make sense it’s probably because
you said a word wrong. Go back and read
it again, and you might just get it right on
the next try.
I robe my bike to school. (something isn’t right)
I rode my bike to school. (that’s better)

16. Strategy #6
Look for a Chunk

17. Break a hard word into chunks you
know and then put the sounds
together to make a word.
Photo by: Mads Boedker
Molly skipped down the path.
Break into chunks you know: sk i pp ed
Put the sounds together to make the word: skipped

18. Let’s Practice
Try breaking the words underlined below into small pieces that are
easier to sound out.
• The red fire truck went
speeding down the
road.
• I use a toothbrush to
brush my teeth.

19. Last Strategy #7
Ask for Help
Make sure you try all your other strategies before you ask for help.

20. Works Cited
• Clipart from Boardmaker Plus software,
Microsoft, and
Discovery Education Clipart Gallery
• Photographs from flickr
– Courosa, Reading March 2, 2009 via flickr,
Creative Commons attribution
– Hatfield, Derek, Animal Kingdom, October 5,
2010 via flickr, Creative Commons attribution
– Boedker, Mads, Skipping, August 19, 2010 via
flickr, Creative Commons attribution