When you are reading and come to a word you don't know here are some tools you can use to figure it out.

 

§       Use picture clues                   http://www.ehow.com/how_4442634_use-picture-cues-teach-reading.html

§       Chunking: look at parts of the

       http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/chunking/play.htm?f

 

§       Rules of phonics (Ex. Short vowel vs. Long vowel)http://www.starfall.com/

 

§       Sight word vocabulary  http://www.starfall.com/n/matching/sight-words/load.htm                  

 

§       Rhyming pattern

       http://pbskids.org/superwhy/

 

§       Vocabulary (front loading)     http://www.funbrain.com/words.html

 

§       Rereadhttp://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/profbooks/strategies.htm#rereading

 

§       Use context clues           http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=191

 

§       Self question - “Does that sound right? Does that make sense?”

 

§       Predicting throughout the story - What will happen next?

 

 §       Skip and return - go on reading and then come back       

 

§      Ask  higher level questions