B+Reading+Strategies

Predict and Confirm Blue Book Unit 1

Reading Strategies **Expect the text to make sense!**




 * **Plan and Monitor **
 * Skim – preview titles and photos
 * Predict -what is it about
 * Question - ask yourself "Why?", "Who?" and "What is next?"
 * Preview and set a purpose
 * look for clue or hints about the text - preview the text
 * Predict and Confirm

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 * set your purpose
 * for NON-Fiction, write down your questions and look for the answers
 * for Fiction, keep your questions in mind, make predictions and confirm or change predictions




 * **Clarifying Ideas**
 * Read on - the next part of the text may help you understand
 * Reread - read it again
 * Identify the main idea
 * Break up sentences - look at the parts of the sentences to see how they connect
 * Slow down - just read it slower and more carefully


 * **Clarifying words**
 * Reread - read it again
 * Context clues - look for other words that may mean the same thing
 * Analyze clues - check out what is said, look for a definition
 * Check for relationships - look for connections between sentences
 * Check out your meanin<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">g - substitute or replace the word with one you know in its place to see if it make sense