“Live as you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever” –Mahatma Gandhi
CAFE MENU
COMPREHENSION
I understand what I read
STRATEGIES
Check for understanding
Back up and reread
Use prior knowledge to connect with text
Make and adjust predictions; use text to confirm
Monitor and fix up
Infer and support with evidence
Make a picture or mental image
Ask questions throughout the reading process
Use text features (titles, headings, captions, graphic features)
Summarize text; include sequence of main events
Use main idea and supporting details to determine importance
Determine and analyze author’s purpose and support with text
Recognize literacy elements (genre, plot,
character, setting, problem/resolution, theme)
Recognize and explain cause-and-effect relationships
ACCURACY
I can read the words
STRATEGIES
Cross checking . . .
Do the pictures and/or words look right? Do they sound right? Do they make sense?
Use the pictures . . .
Do the words and pictures match?
Use beginning and ending sounds
Blend sounds; stretch and reread
Flip the sound
Chunk letters and sounds together
Skip the word, then come back
Trade a word/guess a word that makes sense
FLUENCY
I can read accurately, with expression, and understand what I read
STRATEGIES
Voracious reading
Read appropriate-level texts that are a good fit
Reread text
Practice common sight words and high-frequency words
Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text
Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody (end marks, commas, etc.)
EXPAND VOCABULARY
I know, find, and use interesting words
STRATEGIES
Voracious reading
Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in speaking and writing
Use pictures, illustrations, and diagrams
Use word parts to determine the meaning of words (prefixes, suffixes, origins, abbreviations, etc.)
Use prior knowledge and context to predict and confirm meaning
Ask someone to define the word for you
Use dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries as tools
COMPREHENSION
I understand what I read
STRATEGIES
Check for understanding
Back up and reread
Use prior knowledge to connect with text
Make and adjust predictions; use text to confirm
Monitor and fix up
Infer and support with evidence
Make a picture or mental image
Ask questions throughout the reading process
Use text features (titles, headings, captions, graphic features)
Summarize text; include sequence of main events
Use main idea and supporting details to determine importance
Determine and analyze author’s purpose and support with text
Recognize literacy elements (genre, plot,
character, setting, problem/resolution, theme)
Recognize and explain cause-and-effect relationships
ACCURACY
I can read the words
STRATEGIES
Cross checking . . .
Do the pictures and/or words look right? Do they sound right? Do they make sense?
Use the pictures . . .
Do the words and pictures match?
Use beginning and ending sounds
Blend sounds; stretch and reread
Flip the sound
Chunk letters and sounds together
Skip the word, then come back
Trade a word/guess a word that makes sense
FLUENCY
I can read accurately, with expression, and understand what I read
STRATEGIES
Voracious reading
Read appropriate-level texts that are a good fit
Reread text
Practice common sight words and high-frequency words
Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text
Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody (end marks, commas, etc.)
EXPAND VOCABULARY
I know, find, and use interesting words
STRATEGIES
Voracious reading
Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in speaking and writing
Use pictures, illustrations, and diagrams
Use word parts to determine the meaning of words (prefixes, suffixes, origins, abbreviations, etc.)
Use prior knowledge and context to predict and confirm meaning
Ask someone to define the word for you
Use dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries as tools