PICTURING(VISUALIZING)

• Are there any graphics?

• Maps, charts, pictures, graphs?

• What details in the graphics can help me to understand this?

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NOTICING•When I don’t get it•When something is important•What clues do I notice in this text that can help me to understand it?•Subheadings? •Bolded or italicized words?•Main idea statements?•Side Bars?•Pictures?•Graphs?•reading?•How do I think this graphics relate to the text?

CONNECTINGWhat do I already know

about this topic?Finding something that is connected: • To my life• To another book• To things in the real world

WONDERING

• What questions will this text probably answer?

• Are there subheadings I can turn into questions?

• What questions pop into my head?

FIGURING OUT

• Do I have a plan for figuring out the big ideas and the supporting

evidence?• Does it look like this text will be easy or difficult? • Can I read quickly or should I read it slowly?• What details are the best

clues?• How all the pieces fit

together?

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PREDICTING

• What will I probably learn from this text? Why?