READING

READING

The reading process involves 5 stages:

“Reading is an interactive, problem-solving process of making meaning from texts.”

Pre-reading

Reading Strategies

Reading – Responding

Post-Reading

Exploring.

Applying

Activating Background Knowledge Setting purposes for reading Making predictions and previewing a book Going on a Picture Walk Making a KWL map Questioning and making predictions about a story

Activating prior knowledge Predicting Visualizing Questioning Drawing inferences Finding important/main ideas Summarizing Synthesizing Monitoring comprehension Evaluating

Story retelling all or part of a story Discussing favorite parts or elements of a story Answering questions Comparing to another book

Writing new ending Drawing a picture about the story Playing a game related to the story Creating a radio play or other kind of performance

• Modeling reading.
• Shared reading.

• Guided reading.
• Independent reading.