DO NOW:DO NOW:

1) 1) Pop Quiz!Pop Quiz!2) Take 5 minutes to skim through 2) Take 5 minutes to skim through your last bit of lecture notes.your last bit of lecture notes.

3) Clear of your desks after 5 3) Clear of your desks after 5 minutes.minutes.

READING READING STRATEGIESSTRATEGIES

Thinking About How You ReadThinking About How You Read

DO NOW Part 2:DO NOW Part 2:

1) Do you always read through the 1) Do you always read through the directions before answering directions before answering questions?questions?

2) Do you find yourself not retaining 2) Do you find yourself not retaining the information you read and have to the information you read and have to read it again?read it again?

3) What are some reading strategies 3) What are some reading strategies that you use? Name at least 3!!that you use? Name at least 3!!

Metacognition:Metacognition:Thinking About How You Thinking About How You

ThinkThink

Before you can truly improve Before you can truly improve your reading skills, you need your reading skills, you need

to understand what happens in to understand what happens in good readers’ minds while good readers’ minds while

they read. You may even do they read. You may even do these things already. these things already.

You just don’t know it…yet.You just don’t know it…yet.

Speed vs. Read

More About MetacognitionMore About Metacognition

Good readers have developed good Good readers have developed good habits when they read. We call these habits when they read. We call these

habits strategies. Strategies help habits strategies. Strategies help readers understand, connect to, and readers understand, connect to, and determine the importance of what determine the importance of what

they are reading. They also visualize, they are reading. They also visualize, ask questions about, and read ask questions about, and read

between the lines of what they read. between the lines of what they read.

The Pre Reading The Pre Reading StrategiesStrategies

Skim through the pagesSkim through the pages

Look at table of contentsLook at table of contents

Read the introductionRead the introduction

Note any words or phrases that are Note any words or phrases that are boldedbolded or or italic italic

Look at the illustrations/read the captionLook at the illustrations/read the caption

Look at the end for summaries Look at the end for summaries

Look at the summary review questionsLook at the summary review questions

Can you speed read?Can you speed read?

Speed Reading

Make ConnectionsMake Connections

Text to Self (similar events in your Text to Self (similar events in your life)life)

Text to Text (books, movies, T.V., Text to Text (books, movies, T.V., etc.)etc.)

Text to Life (real world events)Text to Life (real world events)

Make ConnectionsMake Connections

Ask Yourself:Ask Yourself:What do I already know about this?What do I already know about this?

Has anything similar ever happened Has anything similar ever happened to me?to me?

How would I feel if this happened to How would I feel if this happened to me?me?

Can I relate to the characters?Can I relate to the characters?

Does this story remind me of Does this story remind me of something?something?

Make ConnectionsMake Connections

CONNECT yourself to the text!CONNECT yourself to the text!

Go passed the Go passed the OBVIOUS!OBVIOUS!

Ask QuestionsAsk QuestionsWhat don’t you get?What don’t you get?

What do you get?What do you get?

What words don’t you What words don’t you understand?understand?

What other questions What other questions do you have?do you have?

What do you wonder What do you wonder about as you read?about as you read?

Why Ask Questions?Why Ask Questions?

Asking questions helps keep you Asking questions helps keep you focused on the text. focused on the text.

If your mind wanders, you will If your mind wanders, you will not understand. Then you will be not understand. Then you will be bored.bored.

If you run into problems, things If you run into problems, things you just don’t understand, then you just don’t understand, then you can check yourself with a you can check yourself with a question.question.

Determine ImportanceDetermine Importance

Pick and choose which Pick and choose which details are the most details are the most important to remember.important to remember.

•Think about what a teacher Think about what a teacher might ask on a test.might ask on a test.

•Think about what the author Think about what the author hints might be important later hints might be important later on.on.

The teacher can help!The teacher can help!

What things do your teachers What things do your teachers do to give away clues about do to give away clues about

upcoming tests?upcoming tests?

1) Writing on the board1) Writing on the board2) Repeating/emphasis of words2) Repeating/emphasis of words3) Discussing where you can find information 3) Discussing where you can find information in a bookin a book

Reading for the Main Reading for the Main Ideas!Ideas!

Skim the Skim the opening paragraphopening paragraph

Writes usually center Writes usually center paragraphs around 1 main idea paragraphs around 1 main idea

(topic sentence)(topic sentence)Read and visualize mental images Read and visualize mental images

of the readingsof the readings

Investigate!Investigate!

Good readers are like Good readers are like detectives.detectives.

They use clues to determine They use clues to determine what is happening in a what is happening in a story.story.

ReviewReview

Don’t wait until the end of the Don’t wait until the end of the chapter to review. chapter to review.

Keep the reading/material freshKeep the reading/material fresh

Review your ReadingReview your Reading

Quiz yourself about Quiz yourself about what you just readwhat you just read

Review your ReadingReview your Reading

Paraphrase Paraphrase what you have what you have

readread

Review your ReadingReview your Reading

What is the What is the writer trying to writer trying to get you to pay get you to pay

the most the most attention to…?attention to…?

Review your ReadingReview your Reading

Connect what you Connect what you are reading, to are reading, to

what you already what you already know about the know about the

subjectsubject

Post-ReadingPost-Reading

Reflect…Reflect…

Vocab words…Vocab words…

Make connections…Make connections…

Discuss it…Discuss it…

Record important Record important info…info…

SynthesizeSynthesize

Ask Yourself:Ask Yourself:

o What does it all mean?What does it all mean?oWhat’s the big idea?What’s the big idea?o Are there questions still left Are there questions still left unanswered?unanswered?o What are the lessons I should What are the lessons I should learn?learn?o What do I think about this What do I think about this book?book?

Recap Pre-Reading StrategiesRecap Pre-Reading Strategies

1) Predict the information you are 1) Predict the information you are going to readgoing to read

2) Look at the cover, heading, & 2) Look at the cover, heading, & titletitle

3) Set up a good study 3) Set up a good study environmentenvironment

Why Use Strategies?Why Use Strategies? Strategies create a plan of attack. Strategies create a plan of attack.

Then you can solve any reading Then you can solve any reading problems yourself.problems yourself.

Strategies help you learn Strategies help you learn HOWHOW to to understand. If you know understand. If you know HOWHOW to to understand, then you are more understand, then you are more likely likely TOTO understand. understand.

Strategies help you realize Strategies help you realize HOWHOW you are thinking so that you can you are thinking so that you can think more deeply and more think more deeply and more consciously.consciously.

Why Use Strategies?Why Use Strategies?

REMEMBER:REMEMBER:

You may be using some or all You may be using some or all of these strategies already. of these strategies already. You just may not know it. You just may not know it. However, as you learn to read However, as you learn to read more complicated materials, more complicated materials, you WILL NEED to use these you WILL NEED to use these strategies purposefully. strategies purposefully.

SO PRACTICE!SO PRACTICE!