"Ask?" Reading Strategy

These strategies we learn to help us decode words.  Eventually, we want each student to do this without prompting, but to start out they need some guidance :).

• Does it look right?

• If a student reads this sentence: Over the flowers.  As “Over the grass.”  I would ask them - “Does that look right?  You said ‘grass,’ but that word starts with the letter f or the /f/ sound.”

• Does it sound right?

• If a student reads this sentence: Who wants to play with me?.  As “Who want to play with me?”.”  I would ask them - “Does that sound right?  You said “want,” but it sounded funny or weird.  Do we talk like that?”

• Does it make sense?
• If a student reads this sentence: No, the elephant cannot go in.  As “No, the elephant can go in.”  I would ask them - “Does that make sense?  You said ‘no, but then you said the elephant can go in the pool?’”