STRATEGIC READING REVIEW: BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER

Let’s Practice!

Preview and Set a Purpose

Preview Look at the cover Look at any pictures Look at captions (if non-fiction) Look at the back and read any summaries Read a few pages from the middle

(novels/chapter books) Why Preview? When should I preview?

Preview and Set a Purpose

Purpose Why are you going to read this book? (To

learn, do, or for enjoyment). Why set a purpose? When should I set a purpose?

Use Prior Knowledge

What is prior knowledge? When do I activate and use my prior

knowledge? Why? When should I activate my prior

knowledge?

Predict

What does it mean to predict? How do I predict? (What do I need to

predict?) Why should I predict? When should I predict?

Make Connections

Text to Self Text to Text Text to World Connections help you understand what is

going on in the book better, how a character feels, or what a situation is like.

When should I make connections?

This reminds me of…

Visualize

A movie in your head Seeing the character’s actions Seeing the character’s appearance Seeing the setting Seeing events Why should I visualize? When should I visualize?

Monitor and Clarify

Stop! Did I understand what I just read? (Can I retell or summarize? Can I tell someone about events that happened or the characters or the setting?) Yes – Tell someone or tell yourself and then keep going. No – Go back and reread.

If I didn’t understand, why didn’t I? Do I need to read more carefully? More slowly? Did I understand all of the words?

Why should I monitor and clarify? When should I monitory and clarify?

Infer

Use clues to figure out what the author has not told you, such as Setting A characters feelings A characters actions

Summarize

Share the basic, important information: Who, What, When, Where, Why, How Summarize in a paragraph or in a sentence

Ask Questions

Ask questions and try to locate your answer. Example: What’s happening in the story? Example: How does this fit with the rest of

the story? Example: Does what I am reading make

sense?

Respond

Write or discuss what you just read: What did you like? What didn’t you like? Would you recommend this book to a

friend, why or why not?