2. Before Reading
• Preview the text
Look at the title, photos, illustrations, or graphics and make a
prediction about the text. Create questions you want answered
after you have read the text.

3. Before Reading
• Activate prior knowledge
Look at the photos, title, and illustrations and decide what you
already know about this topic. Read the introduction to have a
clear understanding what needs to be known prior to reading this
text.

4. Before Reading
• Set a Purpose to read
Think about why you are reading this particular text. Is it to form an
opinion, to critic a certain writing style, or for research? While reading
revert back to this question to emphasize where your focus should be.

5. During reading
• Clarify understanding
Use graphics or illustrations to understand what I am reading.
Decide if the information you are reading is relevant to the main idea.
Mark any words you need to research for meaning.
Stop reading when text does not make sense and clarify text before
moving on.

6. During reading
• Make connections
Compare what you are reading to what you already know.
Think if you can relate the text to other text or the text to life
experiences

7. During reading
Make connections continued…
Ask yourself questions like:
• Has anything similar ever happened to me?
• Can I relate to these characters?
• Does this story remind me of something?

8. After Reading
• Recall
Summarize the highlights from the text in writing.
Are you able to answer your questions you created prior to reading?

9. After Reading
• Respond
Draw logical conclusions about the topic
Form your own opinion about what you have read

10. Reading is a Process
Before reading
• Preview the text
• Activate prior knowledge
• Set a Purpose

11. Reading is a Process
During reading
• Make connections
• Clarify understanding

12. Reading is a Process
After reading
• Recall
• Respond

13. Created by Nicole Kenny
IRSC
RED4348
Spring 2015

14. References
Resources:
• http://rockridgeschools.org/sites/scasey/reading-strategies/nonfiction-strategies-for-reading-results/
Graphics:
• http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bLTrntcpl-w/TLxOJnyOECI/AAAAAAAAAnw/maLg9oUfONM/s1600/question-mark-funny-face.jpg
• http://www.clipartbest.com/cliparts/dc7/4j9/dc74j9Mc9.gif
• http://content.mycutegraphics.com/graphics/household/plug.png
• http://www.montgomeryserves.org/sites/default/files/images/Volunteer%20Center/Question-Mark-Man2.jpg
• http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-18-52-
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• http://nellyodessa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/check-off-to-do-list.jpg
• http://www.book-clipart.com/free_book_clipart/clip_art_image_of_a_school_boy_graduate_holding_a_stack_of_books_with_a_bee_over_his_head_0521-1005-
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• http://images.clipartpanda.com/student-writing-clipart-student_homework_111596.jpg