What do strong readers do when they read While Reading Stop to REREAD Stop to ADJUST RATE Stop to use VOCABULARY FIXES Practice Fixup Strategies Determining Importance What is a good observation ID: 138647
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Fix-up Strategies
What do strong readers do when they read?Slide2
While Reading
Stop to REREAD
Stop to ADJUST RATE
Stop to use VOCABULARY FIXES
Practice Fix-up Strategies Slide3
Determining Importance
(What is a good observation?)
Words/ideas that are repeated
Cause/effect
Compare/contrast
Beliefs/opinions
Bold words/Italics
HeadingsSlide4
O/I Chart
Observation (+ you) = Inference
Words/ideas that are repeated
Cause/effect
Compare/contrast
Beliefs/opinions
Bold words/Italics
Headings
Deeper meaning about the text
A drive toward the author’s purposeSlide5
Retell What You’ve Read
Summarize the main idea in twenty words
(get the gist)
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
How?
Why?Slide6
Ask a Question
Who are the main characters?
Where does the story take place?
When does the story take place?
What does the title mean?
Why would the character do that?
How did that event happen?Slide7
Make a Prediction
Observation (+ you) = Prediction
Words/ideas that are repeated
Cause/effect
Compare/contrast
Beliefs/opinions
Bold words/Italics
Headings
What will happen as a result of that event?
A drive toward the author’s purposeSlide8
Stop and Think About What You Have Already Read
Stop reading
Put the text down
Think about all the events and details
Think about the characters
Think about the setting
Think about the problemsSlide9
Make a Connection
Does it remind you of a story with a similar plot?
What personal experiences have you had that are similar?
Is it organized like something you’ve read before?
What information do you know about this subject?
Is the style similar to another author’s style?Slide10
Adjust Your Reading Rate
Material is difficult to understand: Slow speed
Material is average in difficulty: Regular speed
Material is easy/familiar in difficulty: Quick speed
Don’t read everything fast.
Change speeds whenever necessary.Slide11
Visualize
Think in pictures
Create a mental movie
What do the characters look like?
What people do I know that look similar?
What does the setting look like?
What places have I seen that look similar?Slide12
Notice Patterns in Text Structure
(five main types of text structure)
Sequence
Steps.
Specific Order.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Problem
/Solution
Problem
Event
Event
Event
Solution
Compare/Contrast
Comparing
how things are the same or different
Cause and Effect
Something causes
something else to happen
Description
DetailsSlide13
Four Text Types
Narrative
Entertains
Tells a story
Character(s
), setting, problem, resolution
Expository
Facts
/information
Text features (headings, bold words, charts, graphs, captions
Persuasive
Author
tries to convince reader to take a certain opinion or perform a certain action
Technical
Information to perform
a task
StepsSlide14
Reread
Stop when you don’t understand something
Read the last phrase again
Read the last sentence
Read the last paragraph
Start over with fresh eyesSlide15
Use Print Conventions
Pay close attention when you see these things; the author thinks there is something important.
Bold words
Words in italics
Capital letters
Punctuation marks
Key wordsSlide16
Reflect in Writing
Take notes over what you read.
Journal to summarize (determine importance).
What were the key ideas or events?
What emotions occurred?
What connections do you have?
Reflect on the deeper meaning.Slide17
Vocabulary Fixes
Dont
Know A Word? What should you do?
1. Look at the pictures.
2. Try to sound out the word.
3. Look at the beginning letters.
4. Look at the ending letters.
5. Look for a smaller word in the word.
6. Skip the word and read the sentence to the end.
7. Try to guess! What word makes sense? Does your guess look like the word you see?
8. Use the words around it.9. Go back and re-read. Does it sound right?10.Put another word in its place. 11. Ask a friend or an adult. 12.Look in the dictionary.Slide18
Vocabulary Fixes
Prefixes (
beginning
of words)
un
-,
dis
- (opposite
of)re- (again)
in-, im-, ir-, il-, non- (not)
en-, em- (cause to)under- (too little)in-, im- (in or into)Slide19
Vocabulary Fixes
Suffixes (endings of words)
-
s
(plural)
-
ed
(past tense)
-ing
(present tense)-ly (characteristic of)-er, -or (person)
-ion, -tion (act, process)-ible, -able (can be done)