Reading Workshop

This week we've reviewed
1.  How to choose a JUST RIGHT book. 
     This is a book that's read with at least 97% accuracy. 
     It's a book that I am interested in, can talk about and read smoothly (like I talk).

2.  How we CHECK for UNDERSTANDING when we read
     We can give ourselves a "pop quiz"
     We ask, "Who was in this part?  Where were they?  What's going on in this part?"
     We can also ask, "What do I think about this part?"

     We can also retell the story across our fingers
     (and go back and look at the pictures if we are unsure of the next part)

3.  What we do when we get to the TRICKY parts
     We look at the pictures
     We look at the beginning sound
     We ask ourselves, "What makes sense?"
     We ask, "Does it look right?  Does it sound right?"