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Teach the Reading Process

How to use the bookmark:


with these Strategies! Pick a strategy from each category (pre-
during-after) for all your readings … and
Before Reading Strategies:
TELL the kids you are teaching them the
 Set Purpose (Teacher and process!
Student)
 Preview Key Vocabulary Do I need to use all these strategies each
 Preview Important Content time students read?
 Model Using Visual or Text Clues No! But, students read best when they
to Guide Text Reading use strategies from each category.
o Headings/Subheadings
o Objectives Importance of Before Reading Strategies:
o Key Questions With every lesson, it is important to give
o Charts/Graphs/Pictures your students a purpose for reading the
 Other: text. When you preview key vocabulary
and content, the students have
background on what they will be learning.
During Reading Strategies: Textbooks are often built around this—
 Take Cornell Notes help them take advantage!
 Annotate/Interact with Text
Periodically using Importance of During Reading Strategies:
o Costa’s Level of Questions The activities listed to the left give
o Summaries students a focus and purpose as they read
o Connections the material. Whatever activity the
o Visualizations students are asked to do, it needs to be
 Create Concept Webs explained and modeled so the students
 Answer Peer Questions via Jigsaw have a clear expectation of how to read
 Record Learning via Double Entry the text.
Journals
 Other: Importance of After Reading Strategies:
After students have read a text, they need
to process the information they have read
After Reading Strategies: for optimal learning. These activities are
 Complete Graphic Organizer all also informal ways to collect formative
 Think, Write, Pair, Share feedback on student understanding.
 Summarize / Reflect on Content in
Cornell Notes or a Learning Log
 Discuss in Small or Whole Group As always, if you have any questions,
 Create Test Questions using please don’t hesitate to email us:
Costa’s Levels of Questioning msethna@d120.org or hplatis@d120.org
 Other: !

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