The KIS Strategy

Last week we learned the KIS strategy for making an inference. ( This is not a kiss and tell strategy!) An inference has to be made when the information is not stated directly in the text. Many readers are hoping to go back into the text and find the answer righ there. Most of the higher level reading strategies require the student to make an inference.
The KIS strategy is this... The K stands for Key words in the text. As the student is reading, they should underline Key words that are important to the text. These are the words that will help the child make an inference later. The I stands for the Inference. What educated guess can they make about the text? Finally, the S stands for Support. The inference that the student makes should be able to be supported through the Key words in the text. We will continue with this strategy this week.

Reading Buddies

For the last two weeks our class had read with a first grade reading buddy from the Mackarado first grade class. Next week we will also read with first graders from the Mallard first grade classroom. The fourth graders are so excited to have an "audience" for their weekly repeated reading! The first and fourth graders also practice a reading strategy each week. This is a picture of what a first grader visualized while listening to their fourth grade reading buddy read Shoe Town.
We are so appreciative of the first grade classrooms welcoming us into their rooms each week.
The fourth graders feel empowered to share their reading strategies and knowledge, and they also love having someone to read to. The first graders benefit from having the same reading buddy each week, so they feel safe as readers with their buddy. They too, get to practice a reading strategy on their level and have someone to listen to them read.