Steps For Reading Strategies:

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1. Look at the picture.

2. Think what would make sense.

3. Look for words you know.

4. Go back and read it again.

5. Start the word.

6. Search your mind, the picture, the sentence, the word.

7. Check it to see if it makes sense, sounds right, and looks right.

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In order to begin reading successfully, your child should master the mechanics of:

        * left-to-right scanning

        * return sweep and

        * word-to-word matching.

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