When critical readers encounter an unfamiliar word, they read ahead and return to re-read the sentence after figuring out the unknown word.
Strategies Critical Readers Use to Solve Word Problems
We notice if the words we read:
- make sense
- match the letters and sounds of the word in the text
Strategies Critical Readers Use to Solve Meaning Problems
- We solve problems by reading ahead
- We predict & confirm as we read
- We read with fluency so it sounds like talk
- We read for punctuation clues so we read with fluency and phrasing
- We re-read to maintain meaning
I Do/We DoMs. Cooper models how to use pictures, words, sentences and context clues to decode what the word and its definition could be.
I used an article from USA Today's previous edition of an article on R&B star Ne-Yo. I decoded the words sartorial and spawned. Click here to read, "R&B Star Ne-Yo Flaunts His Gentlemanly Style".
Students did the "We Do" portion of the class using a blog on the artist Kanye West Vibe.com called "Kanye West Has The Blues."
They were to do a Think/Pair/Share for the words: livid, critique, contentious, barrage and momentum. During a Think/Pair/Share students divide into pairs or small groups and think for a minute about the problem, trying to create solutions alone. Then, they pair and discuss possible solutions. During the "share" they share out their answers with the rest of the class.
When You Read
- Look in your independent reading text for places where you decode an unknown word by reading ahead.
- Think as you read.
- Go back and re-read to understand.
- Go back and re-read when your mind starts to wander or you begin to lose focus.
- Occasionally stop and check-in to see if you remember what you read.
Think About It!- Where was a place in your book where you used the “Reading Ahead” ot the “Re-Reading” strategy? How did this strategy help you read your book?
- How did you work toward or maintain 3: The Standard in reading today?
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