| Hi! Welcome to Mrs. Evans' Webpage. Mrs. Evans - Remedial Reading Teacher - Polk School You can contact me via e-mail at evanssy@watertownctschools.org 
We are currently working on reading comprehension strategies and writing good responses to open-ended questions. Here you will find a list of reading comprehension strategies that will help you to become a better reader: CONNECT Make connections between yourself and the book, the book and other books, and the book and the world. RETELL When you finish a part of the story, tell what happened so far to yourself or someone else. When you finish the story, retell it by mentioning the important characters, the setting, and what it was mostly about in order from beginning to end. FIX-IT If what you're reading doesn't make sense, try re-reading to find the mistake. VISUALIZE Make a mind movie while you read. FIND KEY IDEAS Find the most important information. INFER Draw conclusions based on information in the book and what you already know. QUESTION Think about what you want to know from the author. TURN THE PAGES OF YOUR IMAGINATION..............READ! 
Useful websites: (Clicking on these websites takes you out of the Watertown School District website.) Click here to read Children's storybooks- Click here to read Flashlight Readers Click here for Grammar Fun Click here for Wacky Web Tales
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