The FACE of a Reader
The FACE of a Reader is a workshop approach to teach reading strategies that align with the third grade state standards. As a whole class, the students are taught a reading strategy and then given time to practice this strategy independently. They continue to practice these strategies throughout the year during various activities. During this process, the students will meet with me in a small group of 4-8 students about 3 times a week for intensive instructions on these strategies.
The acronym F.A.C.E stands for the follwing:
F - Fluency: I can read accurately, with expression and understand what I read
A - Accuracy: I can read words.
C - Comprehension: I understand what I read.
E - Expand Vocabulary: I know, find, and use interesting words.
The above components of FACE are the elements needed for a student to be a good reader. These elements and each of their strategies are posted on a bulletin board in the clasroom.
Please check out the chart below to see all the strategies of FACE!
The Face of a Reader
FLUENCY STRATEGIES
Voracious Reading Read appropriate level text that are a "Good Fit" Back up and reread text Practice common sightwords and high frequency words Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody (endmarks, commas, etc.) Read text as the author would say it, conveying the meaning or feeling |
ACCURACY STRATEGIES
Abundant easy reading Look carefully at letters and words/recognize sight words Cross checking...Do the pictures and/or words look right? Does it sound right? Does it make sense? Use the picture: Do the words and pictures match? Use beginning sounds and ending sounds Blend sounds, stretch and read, flip the sounds, chunk letters and sounds together Trade a word/guess a word that makes sense or skip the word then come back |
COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES
Use prior knowledge to connect with text Make and adjust predictions; use text to confirm Infer and support with evidence Ask questions throughout the reading process Use text features (titles, headings, captions, graphic features) Retell using sequence words 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 literary elements (genre, plot, character, setting, problem/ Resolution) Recognize and explain cause and effect relationships Compare and contrast within and between text |
EXPAND
VOCABULARY Voracious Reading Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in my speaking and writing Use prior knowledge and context to predict and confirm meaning Use pictures, illustrations, and diagrams Use word parts to determine meaning of words (prefixes, suffixes, origins, abbreviations) Ask someone to define the word for you Use dictionaries, thesauruses and glossaries as tools |
Behaviors That Support Reading
1. Get started right away
2. Stay in one place
3. Work quietly
4. Read the whole time
5. Increase stamina
6. Select and read "Good Fit" books
2. Stay in one place
3. Work quietly
4. Read the whole time
5. Increase stamina
6. Select and read "Good Fit" books