Teaching Suggestions
Fluency
Emergent (K-1)p.62
Read to students and share enjoyment of reading. In the context of shared reading with enlarged print, engage students in reading and rereading a wide variety of predictable texts featuring rhyme, rhythm, and repetition. (See Shared Reading pp. 172–173.) NOTES p.63 The text is reread several times over the next few days, with children chiming in on more and more of the text. Their enthusiasm is obvious. |
Early(1-2)p.74
Read to students and share enjoyment of reading. Provide daily opportunities for students to read/view and respond to a variety of texts: - Involve students daily in shared reading of enlarged print. - Provide time every day for students to read independently. Focus on upper- and lower-case letter forms and punctuation in the context of reading (and writing), and involve students in discussions about why they are used. |
Transitional (3-4) p.86By modelling during read-aloud, and through instruction in the
contexts of shared and guided reading and mini-lessons, help students develop such knowledge and understanding as - recognizing that punctuation (periods, commas, exclamation and quotation marks) and capitals have meaning functions in text. |