Our Reading Tools

We have learned so much about reading!  We know that we have to have more than one reading tool in our tool belts...not every tool works every time.

Here are the tools we have learned to use.  Please ask me about any of them and encourage your child to use these tools while reading at home.

Looking at the pictures helps us think "what makes sense?"

This is a very powerful tool!  It should be tried every time we get to a tricky word.  It's always followed by "what makes sense?"

To use this tool we put our finger under the word and quickly try all of the sounds we know.
Then we think about "what makes sense".

We are working on this tool.  Word endings like ed, ing, and er are also part of using this tool.  It's always followed by "what makes sense?"

Not all of us are ready for this tool but some of us are.
It's always followed by "what makes sense?"

As you have noticed, this tool must go hand-in-hand with every tool.  The meaning of the story is what reading is all about!