1. Preview and predict-

Eleanor predicted that Henry Higgins and Beezus would both become paper boys because they both had nothing better to do.

2. Use text features to aid comprehension-

Eleanor referred to a drawing in the book to help her figure out the characters and remember who was who.

3. Re-Telling chapters orally-

Eleanor accurately debriefed me on what was happening in the story in about 5 sentences after she had read almost 10 pages.

Eleanor demonstrated the following strategies: