Read-It Strategy Cuecards and Instructional Supports

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Read-It Strategy Cuecards and Instructional
Supports
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Collaborative Reading Discussion Card
Strategy

• Read It Log
• 1. Select discussion leader
• 2. Volunteer reads section/paragraph
• 3. Leader begins reading discussion
• Summarize
• I think the main idea is
• Some of the details that support or explain
• the main idea are
• Comments, questions, or additions to the
  summary?
• Question
• My question about this topic is
• (Who, What, When, Why, How, Where)
• Any other questions?
• I think the text structure might be
  __________because_______
• A good text structure question is ________?
  (C/E C/C P/S Seq)
• Clarify

Strategy

• Reading Log
• 1. Select discussion leader
• 2. Volunteer reads section/paragraph
• 3. Leader begins reading discussion
• Summarize
• Main Ideas and Details
• Question
• Question about main idea and details
• Clarify
• Confusing Ideas or Words
• Connect
• Text, Self, World
• 4. Predict I think the author will next talk
  about
• Choose new leader for next section of text

Read-It Cuecard To prompt strategies and talk
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Summarize
Question
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What is the main idea what is this mostly
about? Name the 3-4 supporting details that
support that idea Summarize the main idea and
details in your own words
Ask a question about the main idea. Ask a text
structure question Ask a trillion-dollar
question What if? Why?
Connect and Predict
Clarify
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Connect ideas to self, text, world Think what
you know about the topics (lessons, friends,
books, movies, family) Predict what the author
will discuss next

• Words? Vocabulary? Ideas?
• Think what makes sense
• Look for parts, suffixes, affixes
• Read the sentence before after
• Use context clues (definition, example,
  explanation)

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Strategy 1
Summarize Summarize the paragraph. Include the
category (main idea) and 2-3 details in your
summary.

• Clarify the Clunks
• Think about what makes sense.
• Use context- Reread the sentence before and after
  the clunk for clues
• Look for a prefix or suffix
• Break the word into smaller parts

Strategy 2
Strategy 3
Question 1. Ask questions about the main ideas
2. Ask text structure questions 3. Ask
questions about what doesnt make sense? Ask
questions that make people think (e.g., Why.?
Whats the problem? What if.. 3.
Predict Predict what will be discussed next by
the author Think of the Text Structure
Strategy 4
Strategy 5

• Connect
• Connect to self
• Connect to texts (topics)
• Connect to world

Key Reading Strategies Palincsar Brown
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STUDENTS READ PASSAGE AND STOP AT INDICATED
POINTS (DOT, PARAGRAPH, PAGE). THEY EMPLOY THE
(CUECARD) STRATEGIES WITH A PARTNER OR GROUP

• They can use post-its
• They can mark-up the text based on the READS-It
  strategies
• Students can alternate turns as the leader while
  they lead the team in using the strategies
• Collaborative reading and discussion
• The teacher monitors performance

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SUPPORT THE THINK-ALOUD GIVE STUDENTS A CUECARD
WITH LANGUAGE STEMS (SEE CUECARD WHICH HAS
LANGUAGE STEMS)

• Summarizing
• This is mostly about
• The details that support this idea are
• My summary is
• Questioning
• A question I have is
• I wondered why the author said
• Clarifying
• I want to clarify the meaning of the word
• Something that did not make sense is
• Connecting
• This reminds me of
• This is like

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• Identifying a problem
• I got confused when
• I didnt expect
• Using fix-ups
• I think Ill have to reread .
• I need to clarify .
• A question I have .

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TALK BETWEEN PARTNERS AND GROUP CAN HELP STUDENTS
UNDERSTAND AND REVISE THEIR IDEAS.USE CUECARDS
AND BOOKMARKS TO SUPPORT INTERNALIZATION AND
INDEPENDENCE
Strategy Bookmark can be used to prompt student
talk. can be placed in log or textbook
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USE CUECARDS, STRATEGY WALL, OR RUBRICS TO HELP
STUDENTS APPLY STRATEGIES IN SMALL GROUPS THEY
LEARN TO SELF-DIRECT MASTER STRATEGIES
Leader with Cuecards to Guide Group through Use
of the Strategies
Strategy Wall Checking off Strategies for each
Book Section (e.g., page by page)
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MAKE STRATEGIES PUBLIC STRATEGY WALL