Reading involves OWLing!
Observe and notice details, including understanding the interesting words used in the story!
Who are the characters ? What are their roles: problem solver, helper, bad guy, good guy, pest, chaperone, ??/
Wonder about characters and events. This helps you understand the connections of the characters to each other and what their role is in the story.
Raise questions concerning who, what, when, where, why!
-Sometimes the author will leave parts of the story hanging because the next part comes in the next book.
-Sometimes the author has answered the question but you might have missed it when you read it. (That's why discussions about the book's story are important.)
Link into the connections!
-What's your personal connection to the story? (text to self)
-What other book or movie have you seen that this story reminds you of? (text to text)
-What do you know about in the real world that has pieces of this story you are reading?
What has happened to someone you know of in real life or in the news that has happened in the book's story? (text to world)
Reading involves OWLing!
It will slow you down at first, but then you start to speed up because you have a better understanding of following the story.
Remember to use a row of fingers as you read, just the way the teacher has taught you! Row of fingers!
Did you know that because of the amount of items the US President and his Cabinet have to read,
they have to remember to use a row of fingers across the page?