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Reading Strategies
  • Debbie Pfotzer
  • EDUC685
  • Multimedia Literacy
  • Dr. Fred T. Hofstetter


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Strategies that work…
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Prior Knowledge
  • D -Use pre-reading tasks to help reader make connections between new knowledge and what is known
  • A – Use graphic organizers, K-W-L charts


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Research Results
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Inferring
  • D –Give a logical guess based on the facts or evidence presented using prior knowledge to help “read between the lines.”
  • A – Take a sentence from a text.  Have students state the explicit meaning.
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Rereading
  • D - Give the reader more than one chance to make sense of challenging text


  • A – Have students practice rereading a passage to check for understanding
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Restating
  • D – Retell, shorten, or summarize the meaning of a passage orally or in written form.


  • A – Have students practice restating a selection of text orally or in written form
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Seek Evidence
  • D – Provide a focus for the reader.


  • A – Look for details to support focus questions using a discussion web.
  • “Considering that the victims were property, were the actions of the slave traders justifiable?”
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Skimming/Scanning
  • D – Assist reader in getting specific info from the text.  Skimming gets the “gist” of the section.  Scanning is reading quickly to locate specific information


  • A – Brainstorm a list of textual clues that will aid in skimming/scanning, such as fold-face type, capital letters, dates, key words, etc.
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Summarizing
  • D – Guide the reader to organize and restate information, usually in written form


  • A – Have students complete graphic organizers or write summaries focusing on the beg./middle/end of text
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Surveying
  • D – Give the reader a general idea about text so he/she will be able to anticipate info and structure


  • A – Use a textbook inventory/scavenger hunt activity to have students explore and familiarize themselves with an unfamiliar text
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Think Aloud
  • D – Engage the reader in a metacognitive dialogue about his/her comprehension of text and the use of reading strategies
  • A – Select a piece of text and model conversation about the process a reader uses.  “I don’t understand that sentence, I will reread it for clarity.”
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Visualizing
  • D – Use mental images that emerge from reading the text to aid in understanding




  • A – Read aloud a descriptive passage while students close their eyes and imagine how it looks.  Students then draw or write what they see and justify how the text supports their image.
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Let’s test it out…
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Priceless!
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Resources for you to check out…
  • All Kinds of Minds
  • http://www.allkindsofminds.org/learningBaseSubSkill.aspx?lbssid=101


  • Study Support Skills
  • http://dc37.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/lc/study-skills.html


  • Strategies to use while reading
  • http://www.bhsd228.com/reading/student/while.htm


  • Success in Mathematics
  • http://euler.slu.edu/Dept/SuccessinMath.html


  • Helping English Language Learners in the Math Class
  • http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/help_ELL_math.phtml


  • Reading Strategies to use in Social Studies
  • http://www.marion.k12.ky.us/Strategies/Social/socialstudies/glossary.htm


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Credits…
  • http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/isa/staff/abita/englishreading_strategies.htm#predict


  • http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/rw/index2.jsp?Chapter=66&Page=1&WebLogicSession=QryZuWYVWdDrCFteIMlZtIRIIonI17SYXiDZF43w35iogAxvio1E|2048836052108838070/167838195/6/6000/6000/7002/7002/6000/-1


  • http://www.parenting.com/parenting/partners/cheerios/corner.html