During Reading Strategies EDRD 620 Spring 2008 Instructor

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 • Develop a repertoire of strategies

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

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?

Visualizing Ideas Drawing 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

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

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

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? ”

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

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!!