Literacy Strategies

Select a strategy below to find how to get started, articles, assessments, books, printables, lessons, caregiver letters for each skill.

Comprehension

I understand what I read

Analyze how visual elements integrate and contribute to the meaning of text

Ask questions throughout the reading process

Back up and reread

Check for understanding; monitor and self-correct

Compare and contrast within and between texts

Determine and analyze author's purpose and support with text

Infer and support with evidence

Make and adjust mental images; use text to confirm

Make and adjust predictions; use text to confirm

Read voraciously

Recognize and explain cause-and-effect relationships

Recognize literary elements (genre, plot, character, setting, theme, problem, resolution)

Retell; include sequence of main events

Set purpose for reading

Summarize text; include important details

Use main ideas and supporting details to determine importance

Use prior knowledge to predict and connect with text

Use text features to learn important information (titles, headings captions, graphic features)

Accuracy

I can read the words

Listen carefully to sounds

Look carefully at letters and words

Look for word parts

Read voraciously

Say the word slowly

Try a different sound

Use meaning and context to confirm

Fluency

I can read accurately, with expression, and at a rate that matches the text

Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text

Read texts that are a good fit

Read voraciously

Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody

Expand Vocabulary

I know, find, and use interesting words

Apply understanding of figurative language

Ask someone to define the word for you

Read voraciously

Tune in to interesting words

Use pictures, illustrations, and diagrams

Use prior knowledge and context clues

Use reference tools such as dictionary, thesauruses, and glossaries

Behavior

Behaviors that support reading

Get started right away

Ignore distractions

Increase stamina

Read the whole time

Stay in one spot

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