Reading Strategies

Reading Strategies

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  Reading Strategies HOW TOUSE DIFFERENT READING STRATEGIES EFFECTIVELY
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  Before Reading Strategies The time taken to think and prepare before reading.  Allows students to make inferences and ideas on what they are about to read.  Connect information to students prior knowledge  Clarify and knew or unknown vocabulary.
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  Anticipation Guide  Trueor false statements written out from the key ideas in the text  Students can answer questions as a class, groups, or individually  The focus isn’t on them getting it correct but on having them use prior knowledge and making predictions
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  Think Pair Share The teacher will ask a question about the text.  Students will think about the questions asked.  They then will discuss in their group what they think.  This allows students to think about a topic as individuals and then share with classmates what their thoughts are and build communication.
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  Concept Sort  Allowsthe teacher to introduce the new vocabulary or concepts students will see in the text  Teacher would have vocabulary or concepts written out on cards and the students will work together to sort them into groups/ categories  After the class will discuss what the groups are and why they were placed in that group
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  First Lines  Studentsread first line of reading passage.  They then make predictions on what they think the passage will be about just from the first sentence.  Allows students to think and use inferences to determine what they are reading might be about.  Also encourages students to share and discuss their opinions on what they think the text will be about.
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  During Reading Strategies Checks for students understanding and comprehension  Allows them and the teacher to check their level of comprehension  Keeps them on task during the reading
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  Selective Highlighting  Afterreading through the passage once students will re-read the passage.  They will then highlight or underline while reading.  The focus will be to highlight only the important things such as main idea, key details, and vocabulary words.  They will then summarize what it is they have highlighted  This strategy allows the students to really focus on what they are reading and the details they will need to remember.
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  Seed Discussion  Twopart process used to engage students in discussions on the reading passages.  Part 1: students read the text and look for the “seeds” or key concepts while reading  Part 2: students after work in groups and discuss what “seeds” they found and about them  Allows students to focus while reading and look for specific things and then discuss what they found with their classmates
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  SQ3R  SQ3R= Survey,Question, Read, Recite, Review  Students will first survey the text for bold words, headings, and titles.  They will then question based on what they have found what their reading could be about  Next they will read the passage and while doing that should recite or take notes of the answers they find to their questions  Last they will review all they have read and answer any unanswered questions.  This method allows students to really focus and put comprehension skills to work.
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  Story Map  Thisallows the students to work with story structures and help better their comprehension  This can be done as individuals during reading or during group reading. Also if done individuals after reading students could discuss what they have learned after as a class.  Teacher should model expectations of the story map  The story map will consist of story elements and questions the students will ask during reading. Examples of the elements are the characters, setting, and theme
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  Double Entry Journals This has students write out their thoughts and responses as they read through text.  Students will write out sentences from their assigned reading and then write down their thoughts on the passage  Students will write on one half of the paper different words and phrases they found meaningful and on the other half they will write there thought and reactions.  After they can discuss there thoughts on what they found important and their thoughts they wrote down.
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  After Reading Strategies Checks students comprehension  Allows for review over materials read  Gives them time to discuss what was read  Allows teacher to gage students understanding and comprehension  Allows students to ask questions they may have
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  Frame Routine  Allowsstudents to summarize what it is they have just read  Uses a graphic organizer so students can visually see what it is they have discussed written out  Start by students discussing what the main idea of the passage was and then moving on to what the details of the passage were.  After develop a main idea of what the text was that was read and have students write out a summary of it.  Allow students to discus what it was they wrote out
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  Exit Slips  Thisis normally seen done in simple questions such as write one thing you learned today but it can be modified for reading.  Teacher will ask or have a question on the board about the reading passage  After the students have finished reading they will write their answer on a piece of paper or 3x5 card  The teacher will then collect them before moving on or the end of the day  This will allow teacher to check all students true comprehension of the text
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  Question The Author This is something done during and after reading,  Having questions that the students think about during the reading that they will then answer after reading and discuss after  This process works by allowing students to think in a way they normally wouldn’t  Asking questions such as “What is the author trying to say here?”  Allowing students to write out answers can better help them remember, comprehend, and process what they read
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  Summarizing  One ofthe more basic after reading strategies but still a very effective one  Has students take the reading passage and break it into smaller sections of only the main points  This helps reduce the confusion of what was read and enforce comprehension  Great thing about summarizing is there are many different ways it can be done. Groups, pairs, individual. Summarizing the whole passage or just parts. And sharing orally or writing it out are just some of the ways to summarize.
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  Question Answer Relations Used to help students decided what kind of question is asked of them and using that to determine how they would find the answer.  Four types of questions: 1. Right There 2. Think and Search 3. Author and You 4. On My Own  This strategy uses higher level of thinking and has students to think about what that read and beyond
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  Resources  http://www.adlit.org/strategy_library/  http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies http://www.studygs.net/preread.htm