Comprehension+strategies+for+Read+Alouds

These explicit strategies are used in the LMC to strengthen students' literacy skills:

 * **Activate prior knowledge** before a read aloud esp with [[file:am rev review.xbk]] or with youngest children


 * **Ask questions** about a place, [[file:cindymadison.notebook]] a person, or a subject before reading or investigating it


 * **Read author's note** before reading the **historical fiction** text or do a **picture walk**


 * **Preview vocabulary** before a read aloud with rich language or a poem


 * **Compare and contrast** [[file:venn diagram.notebook]] across texts, such as with different versions of a fairy tale, folktales from the same country, or looking at a content area, i.e. read alouds about Asia, or about families


 * Read author's note to identify the source culture of a **folktale**, **locate place of origin** on a map and **activate prior knowledge** about their culture in terms of geography


 * **Summarize** a story
 * **Study the illustration** is a good way to start with PK & K.