Hi there! I hope you’ve had a good week! Today, I’m sharing a few of my favorite strategies from goals 11 and 12 from The Reading Strategies Book. If you’ve had time to keep up with our book study, that’s awesome! If not, grab the book and skim it when you have time – I guarantee it’s one you’ll be reaching for all year!
Goal 11 teaches strategies for improving comprehension in fiction and non-fiction texts, particularly vocabulary and figurative language. Goal 12 teaches strategies for improving our students’ conversations about comprehension. Since my experience is in kindergarten, I’ll share how I would implement these strategies in my kindergarten classroom!
(Rupley, Logan, and Nichols 1998/99)

How delightful to hear about your little ones saying dinner was "scrumptious!" Too cute! The strategies you shared included some of the ones I'd noted as I read. Something that I need to be more intentional about with my 3rd graders is the way in which we talk about what we've read. I have a tendency to either do most of the talking or make very closed-end questions that don't produce deepening conversations. I'm sure that I'll keep finding things to work on as long as I'm a teacher!