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=Connecting The Text=

Reading Strategies
**Reading Strategies **


 * //Before //**
 * What do I know about the topic?
 * What do I need to know?
 * What is the organization of the text?
 * What is my purpose for reading?
 * What might I learn from this reading?


 * //During //**
 * Do I understand what I am reading? Does it make sense?
 * What will I learn about next?
 * Do I picture in my mind what I am reading?
 * What in my personal experience helps me to make sense of what I am reading?
 * Do I make changes if things do not make sense?

//**After**//
 * What do I think? How did this affect me?
 * What did I learn that was new to me?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Predictions encourage active reading and keep you interested, whether or not the predictions are correct. Incorrect predictions can signal a misunderstanding that needs to be revisited. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Look at the pictures, table of contents, chapter headings, maps, diagrams, and features. What subjects are in the book? · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Write down predictions about the text. During reading, look for words or phrases from those predictions. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">While reading, revise the predictions or make new ones. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Many people think visually, using shapes, spatial relationships, movement, and colors, and can benefit greatly from this strategy. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Imagine a fiction story taking place as if it were a movie. Imagine the characters' features. Picture the plot in time and space. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Imagine processes and explanations happening visually. Use nouns, verbs, and adjectives to create pictures, diagrams, or other mental images. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use graphic organizers to lay out information. Make sketches or diagrams on scrap paper. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Forming your own questions helps you recognize confusion and encourages active learning. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Before reading, think about the subject based on the title, chapter heads, and visual information. Make note of anything you are curious about. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">While reading, pause and write down any questions. Be sure to ask questions if there is confusion. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Look for the answers while reading. Pause and write down the answers. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Were all the questions answered? Could the answers come from other sources? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Relating the text in your own words clears up language issues. Retelling challenges you to aim for complete retention. Summarization allows you to discriminate between main ideas and minor details. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">During reading, note the main ideas or events. Put a check mark in the book or write a note to point out a main idea. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">At the ends of chapters or sections, review the information or story. Note main ideas or events and the details that support them. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">After reading, retell or summarize the text. Focus on the important points, and support them with relevant details. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Refer to the book to check the retelling or summarization. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Connecting a text to your personal experience and knowledge helps you personalize the information. It also helps you remember information when you link it to your life. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Is the subject familiar? Do the characters resemble familiar people? Have you learned about the concept from school, home, or other experiences? · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Is the style or genre familiar? Does it resemble other texts? Television shows, movies, and games can be considered "texts." · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Write down similarities between the current text and experiences, knowledge, or other texts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Word-attack strategies help you decode, pronounce, and understand unfamiliar words. They help you attack words piece by piece or from a different angle. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Look at the picture. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Are there people, objects, or actions in the picture that might make sense in the sentence? · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Start with the first letter, and say each letter-sound out loud. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Blend the sounds together and try to say the word. Does the word make sense in the sentence? · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Look for familiar letter chunks. They may be sound/symbols, prefixes, suffixes, endings, whole words, or base words. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Read each chunk by itself. Then blend the chunks together and sound out the word. Does that word make sense in the sentence? · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Think of a word that looks like the unfamiliar word. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Compare the familiar word to the unfamiliar word. Decide if the familiar word is a chunk or form of the unfamiliar word. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use the known word in the sentence to see if it makes sense. If so, the meanings of the two words are close enough for understanding. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Read the sentence more than once. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Think about what word might make sense in the sentence. Try the word and see if the sentence makes sense. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Read past the unfamiliar word and look for clues. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">If the word is repeated, compare the second sentence to the first. What word might make sense in both? · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Think about what you know about the subject of the book, paragraph, or sentence. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Do you know anything that might make sense in the sentence? Read the sentence with the word to see if it makes sense.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Make Predictions **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Visualize **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Ask and Answer questions **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Retell and Summarize **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Connect the Text to Life Experiences, Other Texts, or Prior Knowledge **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Word-Attack Strategies **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use Picture Clues **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Sound Out the Word **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Look for Chunks in the Word **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Connect to a Word You Know **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Reread the Sentence **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Keep Reading **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use Prior Knowledge **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Once students have covered Reading strategies and have gone through a news article, they will write their own article. A picture of a natural disaster will be shown to the class. Students will create a caption and write a news article containing two pieces of evidence that support the article's accuracy. Cover Elements of A News Story.