CONSTRUCTING MEANING

SAY SOMETHING

• Groups of two or three
• Read a portion, stop and say something
• Reading partner makes a response
• Rules to Say Something on p.107
• Sentence starters p.108

REREADING

• Read three times
• 1st time - just read
• 2nd- read focusing on one aspect character
• 3rd read focus on another character
• Reasons for rereading by students

THINK ALOUD

• Model thinking out loud
• Students practice with short texts
• Give visual clues, jot down thinking
• Lots of practice before students do on their own

STRATEGY SNAPSHOTS

• Double-entry journals
• Logographic clues
• Bookmarks 130-132
• ABC Post-it Notes Comparing two characters
• Syntax Surgery 135. Teach signal words