Subjects Matter: Reading in the Content Areas

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Subjects MatterReading in the Content Areas

• Facilitated by Deb Fahr

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The Batsmen were merciless against the Bowlers.
The Bowlers placed their men in slips and covers.
But to no avail. The Batsmen hit one four after
another along with an occasional six. Not once
did their balls hit their stumps or get caught.
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What did you notice about
your thinking?
your comprehension?
your attitude?
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Lets Take a Quiz!

• Who were merciless against the Bowlers?

Where did the Bowlers place their men?
Was this strategy successful?
Who hit an occasional six?
How many times did the Batsmens balls hit

a stump?
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Reading is more than decoding!
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Reading is an active constructive process.
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Good readers have a repertoire of thinking
strategies to comprehend text.
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Visualize (make mental pictures or sensory
images)Connect (connect to own experience, to
events in the world, to other readings)
Question (to actively wonder, to surface
uncertainties, to interrogate the text)Infer
(to predict, hypothesize, interpret, draw
conclusions)Evaluate (to determine importance,
make judgments))Analyze (to notice text
structures, authors craft, vocabulary, purpose,
theme, point of view)Recall (to retell,
summarize, remember information)
Self Monitor (to recognize and act on
confusion,
uncertainty, attention
problems)
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With hocked gems financing him, our hero bravely
defied all scornful laughter that tried to
prevent his scheme. Your eyes deceived, he had
said. An egg is not a table correctly typifies
this unexplored planet. Now three sturdy
sisters sought proof. Forging along sometimes
through calm vastness yet more often over
turbulent peaks and valleys. Days became weeks
as many doubters spread fearful rumors about the
edge. At last from somewhere,
welcomed winged creatures
appeared signifying momentous success.
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Prior knowledge is the main determinant of
comprehension.
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Reading is a staged, repetitive process.

• Before Reading
• Set purposes for reading
• Activate prior knowledge
• Develop questions
• Make predictions

• During Reading
• Sample text
• Visualize
• Hypothesize
• Confirm/alter predictions
• Monitor Comprehension

• After Reading
• Recall/retell
• Evaluate
• Discuss
• Reread
• Apply
• Read more

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