Strategic Actions

Strategic Actions

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  Strategic Actions for learnerswhile processing text
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  Monitoring & Correcting Readersmonitor for accuracy and understanding. Mismatch between M(eaning), S(tructure) and V(isual) triggers an alert to the reader. Self-Correcting: Beginning Readers reread the sentence. Proficient readers reread the phrase or word. Later, self-correcting occurs in-the-head. Does it sound right? Does it look right? Does it make sense?
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  Searching Students notice anduse different information sources and search for/ use all kinds of information in a text. Students search for and use both visible and invisible information in a text. - Recognize and use print features (punctuation) - Use context clues - Use text structure to gain important information - Select important facts from the text and put them together
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  Predicting - Predicting isusing what we already know to try to prepare for what is coming next. - Efficient readers make predictions all the time. - Provides a forward motion which enables the reader to spend much less attention on letters and word parts. - Also used to help determine meaning Example: If a student were to see this image on A page that they are reading, they will be able To predict that it is going to rain.
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  Summarizing WHAT IS IT: -briefly stating the main points BENEFITS: - helps students learn to identify major points - understand how to consolidate supporting details - become familiar with different text structures EXAMPLE: - Using “Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then” How do I tell the story, briefly, in my own words?
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  Making Connections ● Makesconnections between the text as well as a variety of other kinds of knowledge ○ Uses personal knowledge, knowledge of the world, and knowledge of the text ● Connections expands the reader’s thinking ● Strategies for making connections: ○ Using background knowledge ○ Understand purposes for reading text ○ Interpret text using personal experiences and knowledge of world ○ Relate words to visual images
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  CritiquingReflecting on andmaking judgements about a text. Includes: ❖ Judges whether a text provides accurate information ❖ Considering the strengths and weaknesses of a text ❖ Evaluate the effectiveness of a text ❖ Appreciate aesthetic qualities of a text ❖ Evaluate the completeness of a text Examples: ➔ Book reports ➔ Book reviews ➔ Debates ➔ Literary mood ring ➔ What would you do if you were a character?
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  Inferring ● Deducing informationusing a given text ● Strategic Actions ○ Understanding what is implied ○ Making conclusions based on text/illustrations ○ Recognizing symbolism ○ Developing judgements and theories about characters, plot, and themes ○ Using background knowledge to develop theories about the importance of events ○ Using language to deduce meaning ● Required for creating complex meaning in challenging texts ● “Reading in between the lines”
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  Analyzing Analyzing a textinvolves stepping back and considering it as an object, a set of strategic actions - Viewing a text as an object requires revisiting and discussing it - Readers recognize and use literary features to expand understanding - Readers recognize various genres and their characteristics - Support thinking with evidence from text or from personal experience
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  Maintain Fluency ● Readingat a good rate including correct: - phrasing - pausing - intonation - appropriate stress ● Beginning readers would read slowly with many pauses, while proficient readers would read smoothly with appropriate pauses (at punctuation)
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  Solving Words Proficient readingmeans recognizing most words in the text both instantly and unconsciously. However, to solve an unknown word, one should... ● Pull from past experiences where this word was used ● Use root words ● Use language and meaning Beneficial Knowledge ● Comprehension is more than just reading words accurately. ● Word solving strategies are built over time ● Readers should instantly recognize words that are used in high frequency.