The Reading Process - Overview

-Form small groups based on skill level or interests-Provide a variety of texts-Provide texts with visual aids-Offer additional guidance & questioning

-Model metacognitive reading strategies"-Model how to read content-rich texts, noting how the process changes when reading informational text, and how readers slow their reading and pause to recall what they have read"-A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction. Pg. 24

"-Determine purpose of reading and select appropriate text-Preview text (look at title, author, organizational features etc)-draw on prior knowledge of textform, author, topic, and similar texts to make predictions"-A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction. Pg. 24

"• gain meaning from the text by confirming predictions,questioning the text, visualizing,making connections, and determining important ideas• understand how the text is constructed to suit the author’s purposes• monitor comprehension, and self-correct or reread when meaning breaks down or when predictions are perceived as incorrect"-A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction. Pg. 24

"•personally respond to the text• assess whether the text suitedthe purpose for reading• make connections to students’experiences, other texts, and theworld around them• reflect on the impact of the text"-A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction. Pg. 24

-Determine a purpose for reading-Activate prior knowledge-Make connections (to self, to world)-Predicting (Monitor predictions throughout reading)-Visualizing-Questioning-Drawing inferences-Find important information-Summarize-Synthesize information to come to new, informed conclusions-Monitor Comprehension-Evaluate purpose, bias, or values of text-A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction. Pg.26-27

-Observe behaviour during silent reading

-Analyze error patterns in oral reading-Analyze written responses to what they read

-Discuss the strategies the student is using while reading-Ask the student what they think about what they read

-Students reflect on their choice of text and whether it was appropriate-Students reflect on their use of reading strategies-Student reflect on the meaning of the text and connect it to themselves and the world