Reading+Q1

Best Practices
**Reading Habits** 1.05 Choose your own text and read independently every day for at least 20 minutes **Vocabulary and Word Work** 1.02 Quickly and correctly reads most high frequency words (at least 125) when reading texts  Figure out multi-syllable words by using what you know about…. 1.01a long and short vowels (i.e., //mis/take//) 



1.01b dividing words into syllables – VC/CV (i.e., //rab/bit, bas/ket//) 1.01d sounds of c and g (i.e., //circus, garage)//

1.01m syllables that end in double consonants 3.041 Increase vocabulary by listening, discussing, and writing about what you read  **Comprehension and Connections** 2.11 Think about what you already know about the topic of the text  2.0192 Preview the book and predict what you think will happen or what you will learn  2.12 When reading, check to see if your predictions were right and make new predictions    2.0191 Determine why the author wrote the text and what your purpose is for reading the text  3.01 Make connections between what you read and your personal experiences  2.13 Use fix up strategies (i.e., reread, slow down, summarize) to help you understand when what you read doesn’t make sense  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">﻿  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">3.041 Improve your vocabulary by listening, talking, and writing about what you read or what is read to you. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">2.17 Retell fiction with leveled texts (at least 17-18) including plot, major events, problem/solution, author’s message, setting, character(s), and connections <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">﻿  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">2.013 Read and understand poems  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">2.0198 Understand similes found in poems (i.e., as tall as a flagpole)  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;">3.023 Make connections and comparisons within and across poems