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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
Map it
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
Reread text
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
Use word parts

Behavior

Behaviors that support reading
Get started right away
Ignore distractions
Increase stamina
Persevere
Read the whole time
Stay in one spot
Work quietly

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