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Tutoring Made Easy for Youth,
Parents and Peers
Based on LITSTART: Literacy Strategies
for Adult Reading Learners
Strategy 1 - Skip, Guess,
Sound, Ask
| Rationale: |
Provides the student with a method
of using context clues to decode unknown words |
| Materials Needed: |
A reading passage at the student's
instructional level.
NOTE: This is helpful for some of the passages that may be more
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The tutor shares with the student the following strategies
that good readers frequently use:
- Skip "When I come to a word I don't know. I SKIP it
and read to the end of the sentence."
- Guess "Sometimes when I get to the end of the sentence,
I can GUESS the word from the rest of the sentence."
- Sound "Sometimes I use phonics to SOUND out the word."
- Ask "If some words do not follow any of the rules, I
should ASK someone for help" Advanced readers might look
up the words in the dictionary.
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Sample from Part II:
Key Word Diagrams
| Rationale |
Noting key words and understanding
the relationship among ideas helps develop comprehension. Being
able to manipulate the cards can help a student clarify his or
her thinking. |
| Materials |
Short story, newspaper or
magazine article, six to ten blank word cards (1" x 3")
and felt tip marker or pen |
| Preparation |
Gather materials |
| Procedure |
- Read a story or article to your student or have your student
read it.
- Ask the student to retell the story in his or her own words.
- As the student is retelling the story, listen carefully for
key story characters, key places, key events, and key circumstances.
Write these key words on the blank cards.
- When the student finishes the retelling, ask him or her to
move the cards to make a diagram or word picture of the story.
Any diagram is acceptable; there are no wrong answers! It is
important that the student apply the facts read in the story
to building the story picture. As the student moves and arranges
the word cards, he or she should verbalize the reasoning involved
in the process.
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with permission Michigan Literacy, Inc. |
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