reading with strategy
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BEFORE READING★ Time to get yourself prepared for a mind full of
knowledge
★ Preparing yourself before reading will further assist you during and after
It’s always best to be pre-pre-prepared!
What is
the point
of reading
this
nonfiction
book?
Time to DiscussTo Set
a Purpose!
Gather information and learn about new things that
we can eventually have an
interest in.
Ask
questions
that you
want to find
out based
upon just
looking and
skimming
the book
Time to Discuss
What
do you
expect to
learn?
What do you know already
about it?
Why are you
reading this
specific
nonfiction
text?
Time to DiscussTo gain
more information
To help you learn more on something you’re
interested inTo create
something for a project
Provide a scaffold for instruction by pre-teaching words students might have
difficulty decoding.★ Students will be able to:★ Predict what the passage might be about★ Decode and read by sight any difficult
words
Increase students’ interests in reading the text
Sparking an interests before reading, can help the student look forward to reading the informational text
Resulting in looking for other books
that deal with the same
information
Or they can use the (L) for What they need to find out from the informational text
Then proceed to write what they Want to know (W)
Students can write what they Know already
about the topic (K)
Using a
ChartK W L
Leading to further activities for after reading
Predictions:
★By going through the pictures, graphics, and skimming the captions (if any) in the book
★Students will predict about information they expect to find
★Write down things you think about while previewing the texts, pictures and graphics. Let your imagination do the work on what this book can be about!
DURING READINGThinking is key, not only in your
daily life, but especially in
reading!
Remember to keep your minds
sharp and look for clues, special
information, and words that you
can use later on!
Think about what you are reading and if it makes sense★ If the text doesn’t make sense the first time, read it again and try to look at pictures and context clues to help
YOU BETTER THINK; THINK! Make inferences
about why the
author is telling us
a specific detail
★ “What does the
author want us to
know about?”
“Why?”Imagine talking with the
author while reading
★ Ask him/her questions to
yourself, and put yourself in
their shoes. Try your best to
answer the questions you
have, discuss with the teacher
or family later at home.
Stop!
★ Stop sometimes throughout reading to summarize what you have read so far.
★ If you’re unable to summarize or comprehend what you have read.
■ Go back and re-read the text
■ Go back and look at the visuals given
■ Go back and look at the captions
○ Try reducing your pace to help concentrate on comprehension of the text
Collaborate! ...and
Summarize!
Seek and you shall find!★ Seek clarification
when there are questions. If your questions go unanswered in the text:
★ Go through the text again, ask a peer, check another book about the same type of information. Always ask your teacher (if needed).
★ Use the inferences you made as you continue on, and make them more concrete when you find new clues or information
Text to Self:★ Think about how the
text relates to you personally
★ Is it a positive connection or negative? Why?
Text to World★ Ask yourself if the
information you’re reading connects to anything in the real
world
Text to Text★ Comparing text
you’ve already read to the
information you read in this book
Evaluate your text
★ Connect Text to text★ Connect Text to World
★ Connect Text to Self Connect your Connections!
AFTER READING:
You did it! Your mind now has more information tucked away in a nice file cabinet for opening
whenever you need it!
Now you can go search for another nonfiction book to expand your collection of files!
Was the image you had in your mind before we read the same image
after reading?★ How did it change? Or get
better?
Compare what you already knew to something you read
★ Did it add to your knowledge or was it the same of what you already knew? Do you want to learn more?
Review your predictions★ Were they correct? Were they different?
How?
Think about what you read and review your questions in your KWL
★ Were they answered for you? Do you need more
information? Review your Past
Summarize and ReflectSummarize the reading
selection
Write down or share with a partner what you learned in each
section, and what was the most important part the author was
trying to explain. Why?
Outline the text
Most important details?
Least important/
Unnecessary details?
After Reading: Summarize each sections, Reflect the past, Outline
During Reading: Question, Infer,
Summarize, Seek, & Connect
Before you read: Predict, Prepare, Pre-teach, & KWL
Reminders of how to stick with your
strategiesReading involves a lot of thinking caps and attention to be able to fill the file cabinets in our brains.
Cited Work
:
Bursuck, W., & Damer, M. (2011). Teaching reading to students who are at risk or have disabilities: A multi-tier approach (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson.
Mandan Public School District - Where the Best Begin. (n.d.). Retrieved November 19, 2015, from http://www.mandan.k12.nd.us/lewisclark/teachers/Garland/include/files/documents/Nonfiction before, during and after.