Test+Strategies!

Below are strategies for reading that we have discussed and practiced in class. These strategies will be useful on the EOG and any other test, so it is important that students are practicing these skills at home as well.

RUNNERS racing towards reading success Comprehension Strategies This site has more information/examples on different comprehension strategies for reading.

Ask Questions it is important that students are asking themselves questions as they read because it helps with comprehension skills. Predict by making predictions before they read and during reading students have their brains actively engaged in what they are doing which makes them more likely to retain the information and have a better grasp of what they have read. Infer making inferences uses critical thinking skills, and it is our goal to have our children thinking critically as much as possible. This strategy helps students put concepts together while they read and after they read. Monitor/Clarify Students use this strategy as they read to help them understand the material; for example if students do not understand a concept or a word meaning. Students can ask someone, use context clues, use pictures, reread, or read ahead then go back to practice the monitor/clarify strategy. Summarize This is a good way for students to "sum up" what they have read without retelling the story detail for detail. This strategy focuses on the main idea of a reading selection. In third grade we teach our students "Somebody Wanted But So Then" for summaries. For example: Somebody - Ms Webb wanted her students to well on the EOG but they didn't know the proper test taking strategies to practice at home so she listed them on her class wiki. Then the students were able to study and practice these strategies at home so they can all make 4s on the EOG! Making Connections Students are able to make 3 different types of connections as they read: Text to Self, Text to Text, Text to World. Connections allow students to relate what they are reading to what they already know. Text to Self connections are when students can relate what they are reading to something that has happened to them or a past experience. //For instance, if a student reads a story about a girl playing soccer and they have played soccer they are better able to understand the story by relating it to their experience.// Text to Text connections are when students read a story about something that they have read in a different book or they can relate the character in a story to a different character they have read about before. //For example: If students are reading a story about the ocean and they have read another story about a shark then they will be able to relate the two stories to deepen their comprehension.// Text to World connections are made when students connect what they are reading to the world around them/current events. //If students read about oil spills they can tie it back to the oil spill in the Gulf that we just recently experienced as a country.// Visualize
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