I’m working on accuracy!
My strategy is Cross Checking . . . Do the Pictures and/or Words Look Right? Do They Sound Right? Do They Make Sense?
Secret to Success
Must be able to monitor for meaning and know when it is necessary to pause and fix up the meaning instead of just continuing to read.
Constantly grounding reading in meaning is vital to the success of this strategy. Teaching and modeling this strategy over and over so children get into the habit of using it will help them learn to become readers who self-monitor their reading by stopping when it doesn’t make sense and cross checking.
What you can say or model
Guide children to stop at the end of a sentence when what they read doesn’t make sense. Ask them to go back and find the word that was confusing. Once they find the word, they use the movements and questions to go with Cross Checking:
“Does the word I am reading match the letters written or the picture?” (Here they cross their right arm over their body so the right hand touches the left shoulder.) “Does it sound right?” (Left arm crosses over the body so the left hand touches their right shoulder.) Finally, “Does it make sense?” (Both arms come down with hands pointing to the ground.)
Adapted from The Café Book by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser (2009)
My strategy is Cross Checking . . . Do the Pictures and/or Words Look Right? Do They Sound Right? Do They Make Sense?
Secret to Success
Must be able to monitor for meaning and know when it is necessary to pause and fix up the meaning instead of just continuing to read.
Constantly grounding reading in meaning is vital to the success of this strategy. Teaching and modeling this strategy over and over so children get into the habit of using it will help them learn to become readers who self-monitor their reading by stopping when it doesn’t make sense and cross checking.
What you can say or model
Guide children to stop at the end of a sentence when what they read doesn’t make sense. Ask them to go back and find the word that was confusing. Once they find the word, they use the movements and questions to go with Cross Checking:
“Does the word I am reading match the letters written or the picture?” (Here they cross their right arm over their body so the right hand touches the left shoulder.) “Does it sound right?” (Left arm crosses over the body so the left hand touches their right shoulder.) Finally, “Does it make sense?” (Both arms come down with hands pointing to the ground.)
Adapted from The Café Book by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser (2009)