Before+Reading+Strategies

//Before reading// strategies help set a purpose for reading and help students establish meaning by making connections to the topic about which they will be reading. These strategies are designed to motivate the reader and focus their reading activity. It's always helpful to have some sort of a hook to get students to want to be involved in the process of reading. One study by Scott Paris and Janis Jacobs, published in [|Child Development], indicated the benefits of utilizing strategies that promote metacognitive skills. The results were higher test scores related to reading comprehension. Below you will find a variety of prereading strategies that help students activate prior knowledge, make predictions, anticipate problem vocabulary, etc., to help them be more successful in the important skill of reading.

__[|Brainstorming]__ __[|Anticipation Guide]__ __[|Quick Writes]__ __[|KWL]__ __[|Story Impressions]__ __[|PreP]__ __[|Probable Passage]__ __[|Guided Imagery]__ __[|Question/Answer Relationships (QAR)]

See other reading strategies at my wiki page.(Stifft 3/17/07) [|Buckfield High School Literacy Page]__