READING STRATEGIES

Before, During, After

Reading

READING Before(B) reading is time to activate

your prior knowledge and make predictions.

During (D) reading is time to interact with the text and you.

After(A) reading is time to reflect on what you read.

All three together help you to obtain meaning from the writing text.

BEFORE READING Activate your prior knowledge. You learn new vocabulary words. Increase interest in reading the text. Generate ideas.

READING PURPOSE You have to ask yourself before reading,

Why I am reading this topic? I am reading for enjoyment, to obtain information, or for special task.

Example: Topic: Volcanoes

Question: Why I am reading this topic?

Answer: To obtain information about volcanoes.

TEXT PREVIEW

Survey the text before reading. Look for pictures, heading, and title to

make predictions of what the text is going to be about.

You can think aloud while you preview the text, for example you say aloud: it look like is about volcanoes, how they form and how they look like.

NEW VOCABULARY WORDS Identify new vocabulary words before reading. Find the definition using the glossary in the

back of your book or use a dictionary. Create a graphic organizer in where you write

the word, the definition, a sentence, and a drawing.

Example: Vocabulary word: Volcano Definition: It is a mountain

where gas, ask, or melted rock come out of the ground.

Sentence: I see a volcano in the steep of the mountain.

Drawing:

K W L CHART Create a KWL chart that consist in

making a list of (K) what I know about the topic, (W) what I want to know about the topic, (L) what I learn about the topic.

Example: Before reading you write what do you know about volcanoes in the first line of your chart.

GENERATE IDEAS You can generate ideas by using the

brainstorming technique. You are going to brainstorm what you

know about volcanoes. Example: You can work with your

classmates and create a web in where everybody can share ideas about volcanoes are.

DURING READING

You interact with the text book. Writing notes help you to remember the

text. Ask questions to yourself.

MENTAL IMAGE During reading create a mental images

on what you are reading after each paragraph, you can even draw a picture after each paragraph.

QUESTIONS Ask question to yourself about what you

want to know about the topic? You can write your answer in your KWL chart that you create.

Your can use the headings to write more questions and find the answer of those questions during reading.

Example: I want to learn about volcanoes. Heading question: What are the kinds of volcanic landform?

TEXT STRUCTURE Look for signal words during reading

because it can help you to know if the author is describing, comparing, contrasting or is a cause and effect.

Example: Topic: Volcanoes The author state in the book: “A volcanic

crater is an opening or depression at the top of a volcano caused by eruptions”. The word cause is a signal word that is a structure of cause and effect.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION Highlight and note taking the important

information. Example: The word volcano is in every

page in the textbook. Highlight volcano and write a note of the information that is after the word volcano.

DOUBLE ENTRY JOURNAL Create a chart that consist in two

columns and one column write a sentence from the text and the other column your reaction.

Example:

Sentence or quote Reaction

Not all volcanoes actively erupt.

I though that all volcanoes make eruption.

AFTER READING Summarize about the reading Reflect about the reading. Retell the story to review. Write story on your own

REVIEW Retell the reading to review with intent

to remember. You can retell the story orally to your

family or to your teacher or friends.

QUESTION Write about what you learn about the

reading using your KWL chart. Write in the third column where says

what did I learn. Ask yourself if all your predictions and

questions where answer.

SUMMARY Write a summary about the reading.

MY OWN STORY Create a story on your own words about

the topic using the new vocabulary words that you learn. For example: Write a story about volcanoes using the new vocabulary words like lava, eruption, magma, crater, tectonic plates.

DRAWING Make a drawing to have a visual

representation of your reading and you can remember what you read.

Example: make a drawing of a volcano and label the volcano.

COMPREHENSION Reading is comprehension and

comprehension is thinking. Remember always use this strategies to

help you to understand the meaning of the text

Remember to use your previous knowledge background to make a connection with the book and your knowledge.

Reading open your mind.

READING QUOTE

REFERENCE Bursuck, W.D., Damer, M. (2011). Teaching Reading

to Students Who are at Risk or Have Disabilities. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education Inc.

Holt McDougal. (2012). Florida Science Fusion. Houghton Harcourt Publishing Company.

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