CROSS-CURRICULAR ACTIVE READING STRATEGIES

PRE-READING STRATEGIES DURING READING STRATEGIES AFTER READING STRATEGIES
Purpose and Audience Clarify Information Discuss Text
Why am I reading this? What did it mean when the text said . . . .? I need to discuss, both verbally and in writing
What am I supposed to get from this? Generate Questions with peers and teachers in order to better
What might the author want me to know? I need to ask questions as I read. Understand and connect to information:
Who did the author write this for? *Who? *What? *Where? *When? *Why? * Compare/contrast
*How? *So what? *What if? * Sequence
Prior Knowledge Questions-Answer Relationships (Raphael, 1986) * Analyze
What do I already know that may help me Right There – answers to questions can be found in * Synthesize
in understanding what I read one place of the text. * Evaluate
Think & Search – answers to questions that can be found * Assess
Preview in multiple places in the text. Extension of Learning
I need to look through the text to recognize Author & You – Inferred answers to questions that require I need to use text to increase my
And use text structure/organization. Information from the text, but where the understanding of related topics and/or to
What do I see when I look at . . . . answers is from you, not directly in the text. predict future implications based on additional
·  Headings? On My Own – Questions that connect text with the world and information.
·  Subheadings? My experiences, but aren’t found in the text.
·  Illustrations? Summarize/Self Monitor
·  Captions? When I read I need to take notes so I can organize and understand
What vocabulary is unfamiliar to me and information I have read.
May need clarification?
What information do the headings give me
before reading?
Predict
What do I think I will learn?
Why do I think I will learn that?
These strategies lead to increased ability to understand content material and concepts

Adapted from Reading in Virginia. Journal of the Virginia State Reading Association, Volume XXVIII. 2004-2005.