Reading Your Science Textbook

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Reading Your Science Textbook

• Strategies for comprehension

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Purpose

• Always read the objectives for the Chapter and
  for the section that you are currently reading.
• You must have a Purpose for reading the
  material.

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Headings/Subheadings

• Read through the headings followed by the
  subheadings
• Start thinking about how the chapter is organized
  by looking at headings.
• Keep in mind that some headings are different
  colors.

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Vocabulary

• Look at the bold print words and try to pronounce
  them before you start reading.
• You will have better fluency and therefore better
  understanding if you struggle through the
  difficult words before you start reading.

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Pictures/Charts/Graphs

• Read the descriptions of pictures, charts and
  graphs before reading.
• This will give you a visual representation of
  what you will be reading about.

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Super Six Bookmark

• We will be using this bookmark to remind us of
  the Super Six Comprehension Strategies
• Make Connections
• Predict/Infer
• Ask Questions
• Monitor
• Summarize
• Evaluate

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Make Connections

• I know . about this topic
• Prior knowledge
• This reminds me of
• Something in my life
• Something I read previously
• Some knowledge about the world

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Predict/Infer

• I think this is about.. I know this because the
  clues I see are..
• I inferred .. by using the clues.. and what I
  already knew about

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Ask Questions

• I am wondering ..
• What could a teacher ask me?
• Who, what, where, when, why
• I would like to ask the author about.

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Monitor

• Does the reading make sense?
• What are the difficult words and ideas?
• How can you fix up the problem?
• Reread, read on, look for parts you know)

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Summarize

• I can summarize the main ideas and events in a
  few sentences.
• The principle or law is
• Now I think ..

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Evaluate

• How do I rate the reading material, authors
  style, ideas, and my reading?

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Other Strategies(using as a class)

• Anticipation Guide
• Graphic Organizers
• Advance Organizers
• KWL Charts
• Class Discussion
• Mnemonics
• Directed Reading
• Pairs Read
• Structured Note-taking
• Think-alouds