Good Readers do these things:

 

· Use pictures - Pictures help to make predictions, locate characters, identify the feelings of a character and identify the setting.

 

· Use finger to follow words  -  a finger guides the eyes to read each word on the page.  It is important to look at the words on the page.

 

· Decode words  -  identify beginning and ending sounds, recognize vowel sounds, recognize chunks of words, identifies blends and digraphs, locates base words, prefixes, and suffixes.  This is a good time to get the mouth ready for the word.

 

· Reread  -  Ask yourself these questions when rereading. Does it make sense?, Can you say it that way? Is it too long, too short, or just right? It is OK to skip the hard parts and go back and reread.  Make sure the word sounds right, looks right, and makes sense.

 

· Frame a word  -  Use the pointer fingers on each hand.  Put the left pointer on the left side of the word and put the right pointer on the right side of the word.  Doing this will help a good reader look at only one word.  It is amazing how quickly a reader can say the word.

 

· Know high-frequency words well   -  words used all the time in reading.

 

· Retell a story in their own words.