Reading Strategies

Reading Strategies
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Activating Prior Knowledge

Use prereading tasks to help reader make connections between new knowledge and what is known Use graphic organizer that elicits thinking and discussion about themes or ideas related to text, such as KWL and predict/support charts. Students should read to complete the organizer Before Reading Software: Inspiration, Claris Impact, Microsoft Word
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Clarifying
Make the meaning of text clear to the reader Ask questions, reread, restate and visualize to make text more comprehensible. During Reading
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Context Clues
Use words surrounding unknown word to determine its meaning Have students complete a cloze task activity-fill in missing words, ideas, or concepts. During Reading Software: Microsoft Word
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Drawing Conclusions
Use written or visual cues to figure out something that is not directly stated Create leading questions relating to a passage. Have students respond with their own opinions, thoughts, or ideas based on information from the reading. After Reading
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Evaluating
Encourage reader to form opinions, make judgments, and develop ideas from reading Create evaluative questions that will lead students to make generalizations about and critically evaluate a text. During Reading, After Reading
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Fix-Up
Encourage self-monitoring and checking for understanding. Select a challenging piece to model the Think Aloud technique. While reading, interject questions* that make your thinking public and employ the strategies** to fix the problem. During Reading Online or Internet resources
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Inferring
Give a logical guess based on the facts or evidence presented using prior knowledge to help "read between the lines". Take a sentence from a text. Have students state the explicit meaning*. They have students guess the inferential meaning**. During Reading
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Key Words
Identify words that guide the reader to determine the organizational structure and content focus of the written text. Select exerpts of text from many sources, including (but not limited to) textbooks, pamphlets, and novels. Have students survey the text and list key words that indicate the structure or focus of the text. Before Reading, During Reading Key Word Prompts; Online or Internet resources
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Predicting
Use text to decide what will happen next-confirm as they read. Using the Think, Pair, Share technique, have students form predictions, share with a partner, and participate in a class discussion. Before Reading, During Reading
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QAR
Use Question Answer Relationships to identify whether an answer will be found in the text. Have students label questions related to a text as "right there", "think and search", or "on my own". They should write a brief explanation of why each fits the category. Before Reading, During Reading, After Reading
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Rereading
Give the reader more than one chance to make sense of challenging text.
Have students practice rereading a passage to check for understanding and identify when rereading is helpful.
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Restating
Retell, shorten, or summarizes the meaning of a passage orally or in written form. Have students practice restating a selection of text orally or in written form. During Reading
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Setting a Purpose
Provide a focus for the reader. Have students read directions for a reading task and list the requirements. Students will then need to determine why they are being asked to read.Encourage students to set their own purposes when reading independently. Before Reading
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Skimming/Scanning
Assist reader in getting specific info from the text. Skimming is reading quickly to get "gist" of a section. Scanning is reading quickly to locate specific information. Brainstorm a list of textual clues that will aid in skimming/scanning, such as bold-face type, capital letters, dates, key words, etc. Practice skimming and scanning with short passages. During Reading Online or Internet resources
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Summarizing
Guide the reader to organize and restate info, usually in written form. Have students create similes about summarizing to understand what it looks like, such as "Summaries are like condensed milk." Have students complete graphic organizers or write summaries focusing on the beginning, middle, or end of text. During Reading, After Reading Software: Inspiration, Claris Impact, Microsoft Word
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Surveying
Give the reader a general idea about text so he/she will be able to anticipate info and structure. Use a textbook inventory/scavenger hunt activity to have students explore and familiarize themselves with an unfamiliar text. Before Reading, During Reading, After Reading
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Think Aloud
Engage the reader in a metacognitive dialogue about his/her comprehension of text and the use of reading strategies. Select a piece of text and model conversation about the process a reader uses. For example, "I don't understand that sentence, I will reread it for clarity." Before Reading, During Reading, After Reading
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Visualizing
Use mental images that emerge from reading the text to aid in understanding. Read aloud a descriptive passage while students close their eyes and imagine how it looks. Students then draw or write what they see and justify how the text supports their image. During Reading

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