Whenever two fingers are up, the teacher stops and the group discusses until they agree on a meaning. The next step to this strategy is to have the students begin to use the finger technique while reading independently. Once students realize that they do not comprehend, they can begin to use other strategies. These intelligences are strengthened through learning center activities which are based upon a new story which is read each week. The reading comprehension skills for the center activities are taken from a reading strategies checklist.
Students work with all intelligences weekly.
Products are put into the child' portfolio and students regularly go through their portfolio and choose two products from each center to discuss with the teacher. The first is text to self. This is the strategy of connecting the story to something within your life. The second is text to text. Text to text occurs when a relationship is found between the story being read and a previous story.