Success with Informational

TextsBertie County Schools

August 19, 2013

Strategies of Proficient Readers

Strategy Why Useful Demonstrating Use of Strategy

Activate prior knowledge Help recall That reminds me of …It made me think of …I read another book where …This is different from …

Determine the most important idea

Help focus The most important ideas are …So far, I have learned that …Based on my knowledge of …

Ask questions of themselves, the authors, and the texts they read

Help clarify I wonder …I was confused when …Why …

Create visual, auditory, or other sensory connections

Help deepen understanding

I visualized …I could see (small, hear, taste) …I could picture …

Strategies of Proficient Readers

Strategy Why Useful Demonstrating Use of Strategy

Draw inferences Help make critical judgments and make unique interpretations

I’m guessing that …I predict …It would be better if …I really liked how …If I were the main character …What I didn’t like was …

Retell or synthesize Help understand clearly Now I understand that …I have learned that …This gives me an idea …

Use fix-up strategies when comprehension breaks down

Help to be an independent reader

I tried these fix-up strategies …I reread that because …A part I had difficulty with …

Ineffective Use of Literacy Strategies

O Ping-pong reading (texts that overemphasize reading for details)O Glance at a question skim for the

answer check the next question move back to the text for more skimming

O Read to “get done” rather than to learnO Claim to be poor test takers even when

successfully completing homework

Ineffective Use of Literacy Strategies

O Mindless reading (seeing the words without comprehension)O Missing the strategies of proficient

readersO Teachers lose confidence in students’

ability to read independently teacher resorts to lecture or class presentation to share the important information students learn reading not necessary

O Students remain dependent on the teacher

Ineffective Use of Literacy Strategies

O Forgetful reading (superficial reading)O Not connecting to personal

knowledge, posing questions as they read, predicting, inferring, and synthesizing

O Knowledge never proceeds beyond “working memory”

Integrating Effective Reading Strategies

Phases of Reading and Learning

Pre-Reading – Preparing to Learn• Activate prior knowledge• Focus attention on what’s important

During Reading – Processing New Learning• Select what’s most important• Organize new learning for understanding

After Reading – Consolidating New Learning• Integrate new learning into memory• Apply new learning to meaningful situations

Sample Reading Lesson