Listen to Reading
Here are some FREE websites students can access to listen to stories online.
Tumble Book Library (access through Howard Co. Public Library)
National Geographic Young Explorers
Storyline Online
Story Nory
Barnes & Noble Online Story Time
Reading Comprehension
Here is a list of fiction/narrative and non-fiction questions you can ask your students after you are finished reading a book at home. Just click the PDF file below:
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Reading Strategies
Here are the reading strategies we use in class. They each pertain to a different animal and are kid friendly. We have 8 different strategies that can help us:
Bird's Eye: Use your "birds eye" to look at the pictures to help figure out the words in the sentence.
Fish Lips: get your fish lips ready to read! Say the first sound and try it again.
Stretchy Snake: Stretch out the entire word and put the sounds together.
Chunky Monkey: Chunk the word by looking at parts of the word you do know.
Skippy Frog: Skip the word in the sentence and come back to it.
Flippy Dolphin: Try to flip the vowel sound in the word.
Tryin' Lion: Don't give up! Read the sentence again and try a word that makes sense.
Helpful Hippo: AFTER you have tried all the strategies, ask for help!