When the going gets tough

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When the going gets tough

• What do you do?

FIX UP Strategies
READING STRATEGIES
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When the going gets tough

• Independent Readers
• Figure out whats confusing them.
• Use strategies for getting through the text.
• Dependent Readers
• Stop.
• Appeal to the teacher.
• Read on through.
• Gallagher, Creating Independent Readers, p.16

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FIX-UP STRATEGIES
A fix-up strategy is any strategy used by a
reader to help get unstuck when the text becomes
confusing.
FIX-UP STRATEGIES
FIX-UP STRATEGIES
FIX-UP STRATEGIES
FIX-UP STRATEGIES
FIX-UP STRATEGIES
A fix-up strategy is any strategy used by a
reader to help get unstuck when the text becomes
confusing.
A fix-up strategy is any strategy used by a
reader to help get unstuck when the text becomes
confusing.
A fix-up strategy is any strategy used by a
reader to help get unstuck when the text becomes
confusing.
A fix-up strategy is any strategy used by a
reader to help get unstuck when the text becomes
confusing.
A fix-up strategy is any strategy used by a
reader to help get unstuck when the text becomes
confusing.
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FIX-UP STRATEGIES FOR READING
Make a connection between the text and.
Life
Your
Your knowledge of the world
Another text
FIX-UP STRATEGIES FOR READING
FIX-UP STRATEGIES FOR READING
Make a connection between the text and.
Make a connection between the text and.
Life
Your
Life
Your
Your knowledge of the world
Your knowledge of the world
Your knowledge of the world
Your knowledge of the world
Your knowledge of the world
Another text
Another text
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FIX-UP STRATEGIES
Make a Prediction.. What will happen next??
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FIX-UP STRATEGIES
Stop and think about what have been reading.
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FIX-UP STRATEGIES
Ask yourself a question and try to answer it.
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Reflect in writing what you have already read.
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Reflect in writing what you have already read.
Reflect in writing what you have already read.
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FIX-UP STRATEGIES
Form a picture in your head of what you are
reading.Visualize!!
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• FIX-UP STRATEGIES

Use print conventions. Key words, bold print,
italicized words, and punctuation (. ! ?) are all
used to enhance understanding
FIX-UP STRATEGIES
Use print conventions. Key words, bold print,
italicized words, and punctuation (. ! ?) are all
used to enhance understanding
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FIX-UP STRATEGIES
Retell what you have read!!
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• FIX-UP STRATEGIES

RE-READ!
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RE-READ!
RE-READ!
RE-READ!
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FIX-UP STRATEGIES
Stop and think about how the text is organized
and see whether there is something in the
organizational pattern that will help you
understand the piece
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FIX-UP STRATEGIES
Successful Readers use fix-up strategies when
meaning breaks down.
Adjust your reading rate.. Slow down or Speed
up!!
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Strategies
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