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GeneralizationTeacher:How might you use the Multisyllable Word Reading Strategy to help you outside of thisclass?Student:It could help when we try to read hard words.Teacher:Yes. When you are reading in your science, social studies, English, or math classes, I wantyou to remember to try the strategy. It may not work for all the hard words you see becausewe haven’t learned all the syllable types yet, but try it anyway. You may be able to figure outmost of the words this way. I’m going to ask you tomorrow how you used the strategy inyour other classes.Do you think you might be able to use the strategy at home?Student:Maybe when I’m reading my new comic book. Sometimes they have some long words inthem.Teacher:Good idea, Simon. Anytime you read, at home or at school, and you come to long wordsthat you don’t know, try the strategy. I can’t wait to find out how it works for you.Monitor Student LearningCheck students’ work carefully as they work with their partners to read words.Plan several lessons to review the strategy and have students apply it in more challenging words, especiallyas you teach more syllable types.Provide opportunities for students to partner-read selected passages that contain multiple examples ofmultisyllable words that contain the syllable types the students have learned. Remind students to trythe strategy to read words that have more than one syllable. Have partners remind each other to use thestrategy to help them read unfamiliar words. Monitor their reading closely and provide feedback.Periodic/Multiple Opportunities to PracticeReview the strategy often, and teach more lessons on using the strategy, as needed. It may require severallessons and opportunities to practice before students begin to use the Multisyllable Word Reading Strategyindependently. Share this strategy with your students’ content area teachers so that students can followthe same procedure in other classes and generalize the strategy. Ask the content area teachers to remindstudents to try the Multisyllable Word Reading Strategy when they come to a long word they don’t know.The Reading Teacher’s Sourcebook 265