6/09 Read, read, read this summer!
There are 3 types of connections that can be made with a book are:
*Text to Self (Connecting something that happened in the book to
something that happened to you)
*Text to Text (Connecting one book to another)
*Text to World (Connecting the book to something in the world)
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Comprehensive Strategies Good Readers Use
Current literacy research has identified the following strategies proven to
raise students' levels of reading comprehension.
Prediction/Prior Knowledge: Use of relevant prior knowledge to predict when
reading helps students.
*Bring Knowledge from life experiences to their reading.
*Form predictions based on this prior knowledge
*Engage more actively with the text
Questions and Questioning:Fluent readers acrively and strategically engage
when reading by asking questions.
*Focus on their reading
*Clarify meaning
*Critically reflect what they have read
Think Aloud: By thinking aloud students learn to:
*Monitor their own thought process
*Adjust their reading to achieve meaningful comprehension.
*Clarify meaning as they continue to read
Text Structures and Features:Students who focus into text structure and
meaning are able to:
*Comprehend and recall texts more effectively
*Analyze and synthesize written texts
*Think critically about their reading
Visualizing: The use of visualizing techniques and visual representations
help students to:
*Use mental imagery as a comprehension strategy (Thinking Maps)
*Focus on concepts and relations between concepts, as they read
*Learn how to view information critically and thoughtfully
Summarization:Summarization is an essential comprehension strategy that
enables students to:
*Focus on the major points of the texts
*Establish in their own minds what they think the text is saying
*Deepen their knowledge of what they read