Before, During, and After reading strategies

Critical Assignment #1 RED4348 Amanda Vuleta

1. Before, During, and After Reading Strategies Amanda Vuleta CA#1 RED4348

2. Before Strategies Anticipation Guide KWL Chart Word Splash Previewing Vocabulary Ask Questions

3. Anticipation Guide Anticipation Guide’s are a before reading strategy. They are used to activate students’ prior knowledge and build curiosity about a new topic. First, you write four to six statements about the test, some true and some false. In the column to the left, the students will circle the agree or disagree, to whether they agree or not with the statements about the text before reading it.

4. K-W-L Chart K-W-L Charts are done before reading. These are good to use to activate students background knowledge of the text they are going to read. The chart will have three columns: what I know, what I want to know, and what I learned.

5. Word Splash Word Splashes are done before reading the text. Teachers pull out vocabulary words that are in the text and have the students become familiar with them before reading. Using the words, the students will predict what is going to happen in the story. This allows students to infer and critically think.

6. Previewing Vocabulary This is a before reading strategy. Previewing the vocabulary in the text before reading is a great way for the students to become familiar with the words. This helps students better understand and comprehend the text they are reading.

7. Ask Questions Asking Questions is a before reading strategy. This activates topic specific knowledge, general world knowledge, text organization or structure knowledge, and author knowledge. This strategy helps activate students background knowledge and prepare them to read the text.

8. During Reading Strategies Double- Entry Journal Marking the Text Think Aloud Table Talk Reading Guide

9. Double- Entry Journal Double- Entry Journals are used during the reading of the text. These are used to get students to connect and relate with the text. The students will make two columns on their paper. On the left side, they will write quotes from the text that they related to or found interesting. On the right side of the paper, the students will write their opinion or reaction to the quote they chose from the text.

10. Marking the Text Marking the Text is a strategy used during reading. This is used in many reading programs and many classrooms. This asks students to identify information in the text that is relevant to the reading purpose. This can help students with comprehension. Students underline, circle, and number in the text. This strategy helps students answer comprehension questions, summarize, and find evidence.

11. Think Aloud Think Aloud’s are used during the reading of text. The teacher can stop in the middle of reading and discuss what is happening. Teachers use think aloud’s to model to the students what should be going through their mind as they are reading or answering questions.

12. Table Talk Table Talk is a during reading strategy. This is when the teacher stops at certain points in the story and allows students to talk about what has happened and what is happening in the story. This will allow all students to be engaged and focused on the story.

13. Reading Guide Reading Guides are during reading strategies. These can assist with developing students’ comprehension. These help students comprehend the main points of the reading and understand the organizational structure of a text.

14. After Reading Strategies Exit Slips Graphic Organizer Summarizing QAR Whip

15. Exit Slips Exit Slips are used after reading the text. These are small pieces of paper that have questions on them for students to answer regarding the text. This shows what students have comprehended during the reading or the text or lesson.

16. Graphic Organizer Graphic Organizers can be used after reading the text. For nonfiction, these can be used as charts that the students can fill in about the text. Students can fill in events in a time line. This is a great way for students to reflect on what they read. Teachers can also make their own Graphic Organizers to fit the lesson.

17. Summarizing Summarizing is a strategy to be used after reading the text. This teaches students how to determine important information from unimportant information. It also teaches students to reduce a large text to just the main points and ideas. This strategy can improve students’ memory.

18. QAR QAR is an after reading strategy. QAR stands for Question- Answer- Relationship. There are four types of questions given: Right there, think and search, author and you, and on my own. Students practice going back to the text to find answers. Students are engaged in and thinking about the text.

19. Whip Whip is an activity used after reading the text. This is when a teacher goes around the room and asks students questions about the text after reading it. The questions are usually given to the students before reading so they know who to specifically look for or listen to while reading. This strategy allows students to recall information they have just read.

20. References http://www.adlit.org/strategy_library/ http://teachingasleadership.org/sites/default/files/Related-Readings/SL_Ch4_2011.pdf http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies