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During Reading Strategies

During Reading Strategies. EDRD 620 Spring 2008 Instructor: Melissa Ferro. During Reading Strategies Purpose. Extract meaning from the text by: Monitoring understanding of text Focusing on problem-solving skills Visualizing details Adjusting pace of reading to promote comprehension

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During Reading Strategies

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  1. During Reading Strategies EDRD 620 Spring 2008 Instructor: Melissa Ferro

  2. During Reading StrategiesPurpose Extract meaning from the text by: • Monitoring understanding of text • Focusing on problem-solving skills • Visualizing details • Adjusting pace of reading to promote comprehension • Develop a repertoire of strategies

  3. During-Reading Strategies • Predicting • Visualizing Ideas / Drawing Pictures • Skipping / Categorizing Unknown Words • Reading rate / Reread • Read Aloud / Think Aloud • Think-Pair-Share

  4. Predicting • What does the title mean? • What do the pictures or illustrations mean? • What is the text about? • Where does it take place? • Who are the characters? • What do you already know about the topic? • How will the story end?

  5. Visualizing IdeasDrawing Pictures Reading is seeing! • Visualize ideas • Use of sensory language and descriptive details • Sounds, colors, textures, smells • Drawing Pictures/Symbols • Identify topic, main characters, themes • Compare and contrast main idea • *Must be age and level appropriate

  6. Skipping Unknown Words • Make list of unknown words/expressions • Use surrounding words for clues • Use context--What words might make sense? • Categorize the words, .e.g., nouns, adjectives, verbs, etc. • Use of synonyms to show similarities • Use antonyms to show comparisons

  7. Reading Rate / Reread • Encourage students to slow down • The fastest reader is not always the “best” reader • Encourage students to reread difficult sections

  8. Read Aloud / Think Aloud • Teacher models: • Reading pace • Pronunciation • Intonation • Reactions during reading: • “I wonder what that means?” “Why is it important?” • “I wonder why that happened?” • “I wonder what will happen next?”

  9. Think – Pair - Share Structured discussion during reading • Teacher provides direction: • Questions • Graphic Organizers • Students work individually for few moments • Students work in pairs to compare/share ideas • Clock Buddies • Whole group discussion

  10. Recap • Overlap between pre-reading and during reading strategies • Graphic Organizers / Predicting etc… • Importance of expectations for level of comprehension • Promote visualization of ideas: reading is seeing • Teacher as role model for good reading strategies!!

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