READING STRATEGIES FLIPCHARTLiteracy Development K-12

By Bobby Kennedy

Reading Strategies

Before reading strategies help students activate prior knowledge and prepare students for what they are about to read.

During reading strategies help students better understand what they are reading as they are reading it.

Before During

After Reading strategies

After reading strategies help students reflect on what they have read, and better understand and comprehend the reading.

Before Reading strategy one Previewing Text

Before reading preview the text for any bold or italicized words.

Make sure the students understand key terms.

Read the back of the book to get knowledge of what the book is about.

Example of previewing the text Example:

Before Reading strategy 2Identify Key vocabulary

Once you have previewed the text it is important to identify key terms in bold or italics and understand their meanings.

Make flashcards for all key words you do not understand. Example: Most books have a list of vocabulary words at the

beginning of the chapter, go through the list and define all of the key vocabulary.

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Before Reading strategy 3 KWL chart

Once you have previewed the text, and identified important vocabulary make a KWL chart.

In the K section you record what the class already knows about what you are about to read.

In the W section you record what you want to know.

The L section you leave until after you are finished reading to record what you have learned.

Example KWL Chart

Before reading strategy 4Make predictions

Based on what you already know about the book prior to reading, make predictions on what you think is going to happen in the book.

Use the preview on the back of the book, some of the vocabulary that you identified, and your KWL chart to make your predictions.

Example of making predictions

Based on the back of the book what do you think is going to happen in this book? I think wilbur is going to get losted and a little girl and a spiuder are going to set off and try and find him.

Before reading strategy 5 identify a purpose

Why are you reading this piece of literature?

What are you trying to learn? Example- We are reading charlotte’s web

for fun and to help student’s continue to improve their reading comprehension skills.

During Reading strategy oneUse Context Clues

While reading if you are unsure of a word continue reading the sentence to try to figure out the meaning.

Many times when you do not know a word when reading you can use other key words in the sentence to figure out he unknown word.

Example of context clues: The team was elated when they won the trophy.

By using context clues you can determine that elated means excited by that sentence, because the team is not going to be upset about winning a trophy so they must be excited.

During reading strategy 2Think aloud

Think alouds are when a teacher shows what reading comprehension looks like.

In a think aloud the reader describes their own thought process in reading the text.

Example of a think aloud: From the text and illustration, I can tell something about Alex. She says is unhappy because her father is not home. I can remember a time when I was disappointed with someone and I felt sad. I can also tell that Alex does not like dressing up and her mother wants her to wear her best dress. Because she misses her father and doesn’t like to dress up, I am going to make an assumption that Alex is not going to enjoy her birthday party. (pg 285)

During reading strategy 3Monitor comprehension

Teachers ask questions based on what is read.

Ask students to take notes. Ask students to make character charts. Ask students to make plot analysis charts Teachers can use almost any form of

questioning about the book to see if their students are understanding what they are reading.

Character chart example

Example: The example gives you an idea how your character network could be like. Anyway, you are free to do it differently, of course.

During reading strategy 4Note taking

While reading students can take notes or highlight key points, characters, or terms to better understand what they are reading.

When highlighting it is important to only highlight key points because too much highlighting makes it confusing later on when you are reviewing the text

Example of note taking

During reading strategy 5Make predictions

Making predictions while it is a before reading strategy, can also be a during reading strategy.

When you get to the rising action have the students predict what they think is going to happen at the climax.

Example: When you are reading and about to get to the climax make a prediction on what you think is going to happen at the climax of the story.

After reading strategy 1KWL chart

Go back to the KWL chart and look at the L and W sections of the chart, answer some of the questions in the Want to know section and record them in the L section.

Anything else that you found important during reading that you did not know record in the L section of the chart.

KWL chart exampleFill in the L section by answering all questions in the W section.

After reading strategy 2Ask questions

Think about what you read is their anything you still do not understand?

Are there any terms you do not understand?

There are 4 types of after reading questions

After reading strategy 3Create a concept map

Creating a concept map is a great way to simplify the key points of what you just read.

When making a concept you generally want to ask students to identify three main ideas with three supporting details for each main idea.

After reading strategy 4Reread

After you are finished reading it is helpful to go back and reread key points and important details.

Many times it helps to go reread the climax and the rising action just before the climax so you fully understand how the story ended.

Example- upon completion of the story go back and reread important parts you did not understand.

After reading strategy 5summarize

Lastly, it is important to summarize the key points and key details of the book.

Summarizing can also help students identify what is and is not important in the text.

Story maps, concept maps, and cause and effect maps are all good tools to use when summarizing.

Story map example

References

Bursuck, William D & Damer, Mary (2011). Comprehension. Teaching Reading to students who are at risk or have disabilities; A multi tiered approach (pg 272-322) Upper Saddle River, N.J: Pearson.