This can be demonstrated in interactive writing. Good readers search for connections between items and attach them to their old knowledge. This active searching, and predicting possible responses and verifying that responses can only happen when children become aware that there are ways of working out what he text says and what will bring them to meaning. That You Know Efficient readers tend to break long words into recognizable chunks and when possible, attach sounds to a group of letter rather than to each letter. Students should be directed with words to the largest spelling pattern found in one-syllable words.
Research suggests that the brain is a pattern detector rather than a rule applier.
Skip it, Read on, Then Go Back Blanking is reading ahead. Children may say blank for an unknown word, read on and than go back and try words that may work for that situation and may fit with the picture. Reread the sentence to crosscheck your problem solving and meaning. Students will be able to look at the poster for reminders of strategies to try if stuck on a tricky word. The teacher will show the students the reading strategy poster and ask them what they think they would use it for.