Reading Strategies

This strategy helps us come up with a mental image of what we read.

• Visualizing

• Connecting

• Inferring

• Questioning

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

One technique we can practice to help us with visualizing is to

• Look up words we are unsure of

• Make an assumption about what we read

• Connect what we read to our lives

• Draw out what we picture

Tags

TEKS.ELA.CR.3C

TEKS.ELA.RI.4C

TEKS.ELA.RI.4D

TEKS.ELA.RI.4E

TEKS.ELA.RI.4F

This strategy helps us build a bridge from what we already know to what we read.

• Visualizing

• Connecting

• Inferring

• Questioning

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

One technique we can practice to help us with connecting is to

• Look up words we are unsure of

• Make an assumption about what we read

• Connect what we read to our current lives

• Draw out what we picture

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CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

This strategy involves asking good questions to keep us more mentally engaged with what we read.

• Visualizing

• Connecting

• Inferring

• Questioning

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

One technique we can practice to help us with questioning is

• Look up words we are unsure of

• Make an assumption about what we read

• Ask questions about the author's purpose

• Draw out what we picture

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

This strategy involves taking clues from the text to think ahead or make a judgement

• Visualizing

• Connecting

• Inferring

• Questioning

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

This strategy involves choosing between what are important details and what are minor details.

• Determining importance

• Synthesizing

• Inferring

• Building vocabulary

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TEKS.ELA.CR.5A

TEKS.ELA.PSW.5A

TEKS.ELA.RI.1B

TEKS.ELA.RI.4E

TEKS.ELA.RI.4F

One technique we can practice to help us with determining importance is

• Look up words we are unsure of

• Skim through text for details about the plot

• Ask questions about the author's purpose

• Make an educated guess about a character based off the text

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TEKS.ELA.3.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.PSW.5B

TEKS.ELA.RI.4D

This strategy involves learning the definitions to words we don't already know.

• Determining importance

• Synthesizing

• Inferring

• Building vocabulary

Tags

TEKS.ELA.CR.3D

TEKS.ELA.E1.4I

TEKS.ELA.PSW.5A

TEKS.ELA.RI.4B

TEKS.ELA.RI.4E