Before, During, and After,

READING Strategies

How to Make Teaching Reading More Effective!

A Guide for Middle School and OlderNonfiction Text

A Quick OverviewREADING STRATAGIES CHART

Before You Begin• These are the first steps:• 1. PREDICT what you will learn from

the text.• 2. ASK questions about the text.• 3. ANTICIPATE what the text is about.

PREDICT!

• Read the headlines and subtitles• Look at the pictures• Skim and Scan the pages for clues• From this information, PREDICT what the

information is about

ASK QUESTIONS!

• What is the PURPOSE of this information?• What will I LEARN from reading this?• What do I already KNOW about this

topic?

ANTICIPATE!

• Write down what you EXPECT to LEARN• Write down QUESTIONS you think will be

ANSWERED• THINK about what will INTEREST you about

this topic• THINK about VOCABULARY you already

KNOW

READY * SET * GO !!!!• NOW YOU ARE READY TO START READING!

WHILE YOU ARE READING!• DETERMINE NEW LEARNING• ASK QUESTIONS• CONNECT INFORMATION • IDENTIFY IMPORTANT INFORMATION

DETERMINE• THINK about what makes SENSE• PUT into your own WORDS what you have already

read• WRITE down any new VOCABULARY words• WRITE down any new INFORMATION

ASK ???????• WHAT do you THINK about as you read this

information?• WHAT is the AUTHOR trying to tell you?• Have you DISCOVERED anything NEW?• Do YOU UNDERSTAND the information?• Are any of YOUR PREDICTIONS correct?• What other QUESTIONS do YOU need to ask?

CONNECT• VISUALIZE the PEOPLE, PLACES, AND

EVENTS you are reading about• IMAGINE talking with the AUTHOR• What CHARACTERS, IDEAS, and CONCEPTS

do you CONNECT with? (What is familiar to you?)

IDENTIFY• What is the IMPORTANT INFORMATION?• Does it make SENSE?• Are there any WORDS you do not UNDERSTAND?• Are there any QUESTIONS that have not been

answered?

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERSARE GREAT FOR LEARNING NEW

INFORMATION!

NOW THAT YOU’RE DONE!• After READING the information…

• ASK QUESTIONS• SHARE NEW LEARNING• IDENTIFY MAIN IDEA• SUMMARIZE INFORMATION

ASK QUESTIONS ????• REVIEW your PREDICTIONS/ WHAT was RIGHT?• REVIEW your QUESTIONS/ WERE they ANSWERED?• WHAT did you NOT UNDERSTAND?• HOW did you FIX the PROBLEM? / DID you have to

READ it AGAIN?

SHARE• TALK ABOUT the NEW INFORMATION you have

learned!• WRITE or SPEAK ABOUT a topic related to the new

information!

IDENTIFY• WHAT is the MAIN IDEA of the information you just

read?• How did you get that answer?• How does the information RELATE to what you

already KNOW?

SUMMARIZE• What PICTURE did the AUTHOR paint in your

HEAD?• OUTLINE the TEXT• EVALUATE the QUALITY of the information• SUMMARIZE the most IMPORTANT parts of the

information

REFLECT * REVIEW * READ AGAIN!

RESOURCES• Bursuck, W. & Damer, M., Teaching Reading to Students Who Are at Risk or

Have Disabilities, A Multi-Tier Approach

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