Last Updated On:
February 11, 2005

WELCOME

CHILDREN WHO READ SUCCEED!

• The R.E.A.D. Program is a Millard Public Schools program designed to meet the
  needs of children not yet reading on grade level.
• Reading strategies are taught and practiced to assist children with
  decoding (reading the words) and comprehension.
• The following strategies are taught so children can begin to use them
  automatically when they come to unknown words. These strategies are tools that
  children learn to carry in their brain to use whenever they encounter a tricky word(s).
• Use picture clues when available.
• Use the sounds and familiar phonic patterns.
• Skip the unfamiliar word and read on to the end of the sentence to gain more information from the context. Then go back to reread.
• Think about what makes sense in the story. The words you read must "sound right."
• Find "chunks" in the unfamiliar word i.e. smaller words you know or word endings like "-ing" or "-ed."