Beanie Baby Strategies

Throughout the year, we have been focusing on learning the answer to the question, "What do readers do when they come to a word they do not know?"  We have been using beanie babies as mnemonics to help us answer this question.  For example, the beanie baby named, "Eagle Eye" helps us remember to "Look at the picture."  "Lips the Fish" helps us "Get our mouth ready." 

This is the bulletin board that is close to the table that we sit around when we receive small group reading instruction.  It helps us remember how to read.  We are finished learning all seven strategies that were taught to us by the beanie babies.