I’ve found children, including my own, don’t typically have a lot of background knowledge about eagles. To introduce this strategy, we first do a quick little lesson on bald eagles. Better yet, it helps them begin to understand the sequence of story telling. This strategy is also useful in more than one way! It also supports building strong comprehension skills by helping teach children to make predictions. Just a close look at the illustrations can often provide the the context necessary to decode an unfamiliar word. Those cutesy little pictures hold major clues to decoding unfamiliar words. They also provide the reader with context and help to tell the story. I mean, think about it…Ĭhildren’s books are almost certainly covered with pictures, right? Well these illustrations aren’t just pretty. You can grab my Eagle Eye poster here or by clicking on the image below.Įagle Eye is one of the most powerful tools a beginning reader can have in their toolbox. I’ve created posters to go along with each of these strategies. However, you can introduce it at any point in your instruction. I usually introduce this while covering print concepts, and often while we are still covering some letters. This is always the very first strategy I introduce. This strategy reminds them that they should look closely at what the picture shows, and determine what is going on in the story. This amazing ability includes: Being to detect Mom from anywhere on Earth, seeing through walls when a sibling has something that doesn’t belong to them and the uncanny ability to spot toys in the trash can from miles away.īut…as annoying as eagle eyes may be, they certainly have their place in the classroom.Įagle Eye is a beginning reading strategy that teaches young readers to use their eyes to scan the picture for clues when they encounter difficult words. At home it takes an entirely different form.Īt home eagle eyes are special adaptations developed over centuries of evolving children. The very first reading strategy in this series can be seen both at school and at home. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out my Letter of the Week Series, print concepts and reading behavior ideas and sight word series for tons of freebies and great information!! I am super excited to kick off my 10 day series this year! This series will be a follow up to my previous posts in my Teaching your Child to read Series.
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