

If the laws of physics no longer apply in the future… God help you.

Think how hard summarizing is for even adults and then think about students who are still in the stage of decoding. We often expect students to do this one without providing the necessary support or models. When you read as a whole group, model it often: This reminds me of (my birthday party, a poem we read, that snowstorm last year). Teach students the text-to-self, text-to-text or text-to-world strategy talked about earlier.
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The final step is to teach students how to write in the margins (asking questions, for example). These steps for marking the text come from AVID: a) number paragraphs, b) circle words, phrases, names, dates that stand out, and c) underline author's claims and important information connected to those claims. Look for." They can be reading closely in search of: humor, author's purpose, use of literary devices (such as foreshadowing, imagery), facts, confusion, and context clues for new words. Rather than tell students to "just read" (which results in low recall), we say, "Here's your mission as you read. This strategy confronts the passive reading approach. Look at the structure of the text: Is it funny, sad, realistic? How do we know? Is it fiction - a poem, a story? How do we know? Is it non-fiction - a letter to someone, a newspaper article? How do we know? Providing students with knowledge of the text structure and its features will help them with comprehension and to identify the author's goals or intent. Scan the text and ask students to point out words or phrases that are new to them, confusing or they wonder about at first glance. Talk out loud as a whole group, inviting students to make predictions about what they are going to read. Previewing Text and Vocabularyīefore reading, look at any titles, subheadings, charts, graphs, and captions. Whether your students are seven or seventeen years old, here are a handful of really great strategies to build those active reading skills: 1. So the message is clear: Children, regardless if they are in the stage of reading to learn or learning to read, need structured opportunities to engage with text in deep and meaningful ways.
