reading+strategies

=Comprehension Strategies= //Below are examples of graphic organizers I have used with students in grades 7-12 during various stages of the reading process. I organize them into a packet to use before, during, and after reading. Usually, I start the school year with modeling using them all for the same short story as we read the story aloud as a whole class. (It is helpful to pick a story that lends itself to making lots of predictions and asking a lot of questions!) Then, they get familiar with each graphic organizer. Over the course of the school year, they are able to utilize and apply the organizers to other reading siutations.//

"Graphic and semantic organizers have proven useful in helping students comprehend expository texts (Armbruster, Anderson, & Ostertag, 1987). Story maps have been proven helpful in comprehending narrative texts (Pearson, 1981). During a guided reading session, you can assist children in creating a schematic or graphic organizer as their comprehension of the piece unfolds."

- //The Informed Reading Teacher: Research-Based Practice// by Bill Harp and Jo Ann Brewer (2005).

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= = =Prior Knowledge=
 * Usually templates of these come with just about any reading/literature textbook series...**

Use to assess prior knowledge of topics... = = =Predicting= Making predictions during films -

A simple two-column chart - fold a sheet of paper in half vertically. Label the top of the left column as "Clues from the story" and the right column as "Predictions"

Making Predictions during reading - I've read about a lot of these which are good. I am always tinkering around with finding the best headings for this type of organizer.

=Questioning= Questioning - The Big Question //(From 50 Graphic Organizers for Reading Writing and More, Scholastic, 1999.)//

Education Oasis - [] Question chart - []

//Useful before, during, and after reading.//

=Visualizing= Visualizing organizer - setting and characters Branch off with sketches or descriptive words about the setting and/or characters.

//Useful before, during, and after reading.//

=Evaluating= Evaluating story elements - Inspired by the McDougal Littel Inc. series example



//Most useful after reading.// =Connecting=

Making connections - use a web or map, plus codes. Or, some type of matrix can be helpful.

I finally made one!

Connections Codes: TS = Text to self TT = Text to text TW = Text to world TM = Text to movie TO = Text to other