I’m working on accuracy! My strategy is Trade a Word/Guess a Word That Makes Sense
Secret to Success
This strategy provides the reader with the option to continue reading by using a similar word for an unknown word. Reading continues and meaning stays intact. Readers must understand what they are reading so they can substitute a word that makes sense.
What you can say or model
Model that when readers come to words they don’t know, they can use the context clues and look at the first letter of the word, substituting a word that would make sense in the story. Then the reader continues reading the sentence and clarifies that the substituted word makes sense in the passage.
Language we use:
Adapted from The Café Book by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser (2009)
Secret to Success
This strategy provides the reader with the option to continue reading by using a similar word for an unknown word. Reading continues and meaning stays intact. Readers must understand what they are reading so they can substitute a word that makes sense.
What you can say or model
Model that when readers come to words they don’t know, they can use the context clues and look at the first letter of the word, substituting a word that would make sense in the story. Then the reader continues reading the sentence and clarifies that the substituted word makes sense in the passage.
Language we use:
- “Look at the first letter or letters: what word would make sense in this sentence that begins with that letter’s sounds?”
Adapted from The Café Book by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser (2009)