Monitoring for Meaning
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Fix It When You Don't Get It
Check for Understanding - Make Sure Reading Makes Sense
Know When You Aren't Understanding
Cross-Check (Does the word look right? Does the word sound like a word you know? Does the word make sense with what you are reading?)
Look at the Beginning Letter
Look at the Ending Letter
Look Through the Whole Word
Find Word Parts You Know
Chunk Letters and Sounds
Flip the Sound
Use Picture Cues
Adjust Reading Rate
Use Punctuation
Reread
Retell
Know Genre, Plot, Character, Setting, Problem, and Resolution
Know Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Pay Attention to New Words
Use Word Parts (Prefix, Suffix, Root, Compound Word, Contraction, Word Family)
Ask for Definitions
Keep Reading for Definitions
Look Between Commas, Parenthesis, or Hyphens for Definitions
Remember What You are Reading
Figure Out Figurative Language, Similes, Metaphors, Idioms, Homographs, and Homophones
Discuss When You are Getting It and When You are Not
Fix It When You Don't Get It
Check for Understanding - Make Sure Reading Makes Sense
Know When You Aren't Understanding
Cross-Check (Does the word look right? Does the word sound like a word you know? Does the word make sense with what you are reading?)
Look at the Beginning Letter
Look at the Ending Letter
Look Through the Whole Word
Find Word Parts You Know
Chunk Letters and Sounds
Flip the Sound
Use Picture Cues
Adjust Reading Rate
Use Punctuation
Reread
Retell
Know Genre, Plot, Character, Setting, Problem, and Resolution
Know Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Pay Attention to New Words
Use Word Parts (Prefix, Suffix, Root, Compound Word, Contraction, Word Family)
Ask for Definitions
Keep Reading for Definitions
Look Between Commas, Parenthesis, or Hyphens for Definitions
Remember What You are Reading
Figure Out Figurative Language, Similes, Metaphors, Idioms, Homographs, and Homophones
Discuss When You are Getting It and When You are Not
Schema
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Use Prior Knowledge Before, During, and After Reading
Make Sure You Have Enough Prior Knowledge About a Topic or Build Prior Knowledge
Meaningful Text-to-Self Connections
Meaningful Text-to-Text Connections
Meaningful Text-to-World Connections
Change Beliefs Based on New Information
Discuss Prior Knowledge with Others
Use Prior Knowledge Before, During, and After Reading
Make Sure You Have Enough Prior Knowledge About a Topic or Build Prior Knowledge
Meaningful Text-to-Self Connections
Meaningful Text-to-Text Connections
Meaningful Text-to-World Connections
Change Beliefs Based on New Information
Discuss Prior Knowledge with Others
Inferring
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Figure Out Unknown Words
Make Predictions and Change Predictions
Confirm or Refute Predictions
Think About What is Not in the Story
Think About the Characters' Feelings
Laugh, Cry, Get a Joke, Figure out a Mystery
Prior Knowledge + Text = Inference
Meaning is Based on an Individual's Prior Knowledge
Answer Questions not in the Text
Use Text to Create Ideas
Discuss Inferences with Others
Figure Out Unknown Words
Make Predictions and Change Predictions
Confirm or Refute Predictions
Think About What is Not in the Story
Think About the Characters' Feelings
Laugh, Cry, Get a Joke, Figure out a Mystery
Prior Knowledge + Text = Inference
Meaning is Based on an Individual's Prior Knowledge
Answer Questions not in the Text
Use Text to Create Ideas
Discuss Inferences with Others
Mental Images
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Images = Schema + Text
Use Evidence to Support Ideas
Create Images
Reread When Images are no Longer Clear
Clarify Thinking
Draw Conclusions
Enhance Understanding
Images Change with New Understanding
Use Five Senses
Enhance Emotions
During and After Reading
Remember Important Details
Discuss Images with Others
Images = Schema + Text
Use Evidence to Support Ideas
Create Images
Reread When Images are no Longer Clear
Clarify Thinking
Draw Conclusions
Enhance Understanding
Images Change with New Understanding
Use Five Senses
Enhance Emotions
During and After Reading
Remember Important Details
Discuss Images with Others
Questioning
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Ask Questions Before, During, and After Reading
Find or Infer Answers (Use Text or Other Resources)
Clarify Meaning
To Wonder
Ask, "How do these questions help me understand?"
Discuss Questions for Answers and Create New Questions
Ask Questions Before, During, and After Reading
Find or Infer Answers (Use Text or Other Resources)
Clarify Meaning
To Wonder
Ask, "How do these questions help me understand?"
Discuss Questions for Answers and Create New Questions
Determining Importance
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Ask Questions Based on Learning Expectations
Notice When Learning New Information
Understand the Features of Nonfiction (Labels, Photographs, Captions, Comparisons, Cutaways, Maps, Bold/Italic Print, Table of Contents, Index, Glossary, Titles, Headings, Subheadings)
Determine Important and Unimportant Information
Find Main Ideas and Supporting Details
Understand Text Organization (Description, Chronological, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, Persuasive)
Discuss Important Concepts
Ask Questions Based on Learning Expectations
Notice When Learning New Information
Understand the Features of Nonfiction (Labels, Photographs, Captions, Comparisons, Cutaways, Maps, Bold/Italic Print, Table of Contents, Index, Glossary, Titles, Headings, Subheadings)
Determine Important and Unimportant Information
Find Main Ideas and Supporting Details
Understand Text Organization (Description, Chronological, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, Persuasive)
Discuss Important Concepts
Synthesizing
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Process Meaning, Important Concepts, and Themes
Shift Thinking Throughout Reading
Retell With Thoughts and Ideas
Theme
Move Beyond the Literal
Compare and Contrast
Critically Review Texts
Discuss Thoughts
Process Meaning, Important Concepts, and Themes
Shift Thinking Throughout Reading
Retell With Thoughts and Ideas
Theme
Move Beyond the Literal
Compare and Contrast
Critically Review Texts
Discuss Thoughts
Conversation Starters
This reminds me of...
This reminds me of another book I've read...
I know about...
I agree...
I disagree because...
I know this because...
The text says....
I wonder...
I think...
I now think...
I think I will learn...
I think _____ will happen next because...
Why do you think...
I didn't get...
This is about...
This reminds me of another book I've read...
I know about...
I agree...
I disagree because...
I know this because...
The text says....
I wonder...
I think...
I now think...
I think I will learn...
I think _____ will happen next because...
Why do you think...
I didn't get...
This is about...