Reading Workshop Tool Box

Ways to figure out a new word.

Reviewing tools...

1. Look at the first and last letter.
2. Make a guess.
3. Look at the picture for clues.
4. Brain warm up. Look at the title and cover of the book for clues.

Today's new tool is...

5. Take a book walk! It is like a movie preview and gets you ready to read a book just like a preview gets you ready to watch a movie. Look through the book and get to know it, look at the cover, maybe see a few words you know, see what the story might be by looking at the pictures. Whitney modeled a 'book walk' by looking at a book called "From Caterpillar to Butterfly"

"Your job today is to do a book walk. Guess what the book is about and then you can go back later and read it and check yourself."