Before you read:
1. Look at the cover and make some predictions about the story.
2. Take a "picture walk".  Looking at the pictures will help you make more predictions about the story.

If you get stuck on a word:
1.  Use the pictures.
2.  Make the sound of the first letter and think of what makes sense.
3.  Chunk It—Break the word into smaller pieces and then sound it out.
4. Read with your finger.
5. Go back to the beginning.  Reread skipping the tricky word.
6. Backtrack--Read it again.
7. Say the beginning sound, and read the rest of the sentence.
8. Thinkof what it could be.  What would make sense?

After you read:
1. Check your predictions.
2. Talk about the story with a friend.
3. Reread the story often.  Reading a story many times will help you grow as a reader.

Adapted from the "Reading Tricks" page on the Sarah Adams Elementary School webpage:

http://www.lz95.org/sa/readingtricks.html

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