Using Fix-Up Strategies
Good readers are aware of when they understand and when they don't. If they have trouble understanding specific words, phrases or longer passages, they use a wide range of problem-solving strategies including reading ahead, going back to reread, asking questions, using a dictionary, and reading the passage aloud. Good readers will stop reading when they don't understand what they've read and figure out how to fix the problem. Some fix-up options are:
· Stop to think
· Reread (look for meaning clues before the word)
· Read ahead (look for meaning clues after the word)
· Ask questions - “What would make sense here?”
· Figure out unknown words (look at the beginning and ending of the word for clues, look for parts of the word that you know- Does it look or sound like a word you know?)
· Connect what you are reading to what you already know
· Try to form a mental picture of what you are reading
· Look at pictures to see if they help with the meaning
· Think about the purpose for why you are reading
· Seek help from someone else, or an outside source such as a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.
(Excerpted from 7 Keys to Comprehension: How to Help Your Kids Read It and Get It!
by: Susan Zimmerman and Chryse Hutchins)
· Stop to think
· Reread (look for meaning clues before the word)
· Read ahead (look for meaning clues after the word)
· Ask questions - “What would make sense here?”
· Figure out unknown words (look at the beginning and ending of the word for clues, look for parts of the word that you know- Does it look or sound like a word you know?)
· Connect what you are reading to what you already know
· Try to form a mental picture of what you are reading
· Look at pictures to see if they help with the meaning
· Think about the purpose for why you are reading
· Seek help from someone else, or an outside source such as a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.
(Excerpted from 7 Keys to Comprehension: How to Help Your Kids Read It and Get It!
by: Susan Zimmerman and Chryse Hutchins)