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STRATEGIES FOR PRE-READING BEFORE YOU READ A SELECTION (BOOK, ASSIGNED READING OR HANDOUT)

These strategies are also used while you read and after you have read to help comprehension.

1. Picture - walk Look at the pictures to get a sense of what the selection will be about.  After you have read, go back and connect the pictures to what you have read.

2. KWL List what you know after the topic you will read about and then what you want to know. After reading, list what you have learned.

3. Preview - Read the first 2 paragraphs and asks these questions-make a prediction answer: What is the selection about? When does it take place? Who's in it?  How will it end? After predicting, read and then check your responses to see how you predicted.

4. Quickwrite - finds out what topic the selection is about then you write for 2-5 minutes about anything you know about the topic. Discuss your responses with someone else and see your similarities and differences. Predict what you think the selection will be about. Read and revisit your responses for accuracy.

5. Skimming - Before reading, read the first and last paragraph, check the length and how hard or easy the selection is to read.  Next, read all of the boldfaced words, look at the pictures and all of the graphics (like surveying). Get someone to tell you a few questions about the reading that you can skim for the answers to before you even begin to read.

6. Think-pair-share Have someone give you a related key word, idea or topic from the selection. Web out as many words as you can think of that are connected to this topic.  Discuss with someone how the words are connected to the topic. Read and then add new ideas you have learned from the reading.