Reading Strategies
- 1. Reading Strategies For before, during and after reading. Melissa O’Malley
- 2. “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free”. –Frederick Douglass
- 4. What is the purpose of reading this ?
- 5. Prior knowledge of subject matter What do I already know about this subject? Is the content of this text familiar? Do I recognize and know the meaning of vocabulary in this text?
- 6. Make predictions about what you will read:
- 7. “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body”. – Richard Steele
- 8. During Reading Strategies: Visualize what you are reading about. Try to picture the people, places and events you are reading about.
- 9. Make connections with the text
- 10. Ask questions as you read Who? What? Where? When?
- 11. Stop to monitor comprehension. Stop throughout your reading to stop and monitor your comprehension. Summarize what you have learned so far.
- 12. Use Fix Up Strategies
- 13. “To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark”. -Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
- 15. Create questions about your reading Come up with questions based on what you read and learned about. This is where you can show what you know!
- 16. Compare and contrast texts Think of how the text compared to other texts that you have read. What was different and what as the same?
- 17. Evaluate what you read Take time after your reading to evaluate the text. Did you enjoy reading it? Did you find it boring or was it interesting? Was it too challenging or too easy? Would you recommend this text? Why or why not?
- 18. Reflect on your reading Take time to think about your reading. What went wrong and what went right? Was the text to easy or too challenging? What would make for a better reading experience next time?
- 19. “Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him”. -Maya Angelou
- 20. References Clip art images retrieved from: www.bing.com. Images from: www.thereader101.blogspot.com www.help.net www.coolclips.com www.openclipart.org www.derockertv.com www.wikispaces.com www.dreyfusdragon.blogspot.com
- 21. References Quotations retrieved from: www.readingrockets.org Anspaugh, D., & Ezell, G. (2013). Teaching Today’s Health (10th ed). Glenview, IL : Pearson Education.