Take Charge of Your Reading You’re the best judge of your own understanding. That’s why you need to take charge of your reading. 12/3/2018

How Difficult Is My Assignment? Interest Friendliness FLIP Prior Knowledge Language 12/3/2018

My Reading Condiments Budget Time Reading Rate Purpose Short assignments - comfortable level one sitting Longer assignments chunk it Pleasure? Discussion? Questions? Test? Rapid? Medium? Slow? 12/3/2018

Comprehension Awareness Clunk Click 12/3/2018

After I have read an assignment, what do I do if I just don’t get it? Right after you finish reading a paragraph or a page, think “click” or “clunk.” If it’s a “click,” keep on reading. If it’s a “clunk,” try one of the reading repairs. 12/3/2018

Reading Repairs Slow down - 60 mph 15 mph Keep reading Read again and again paraphrase get an idea Create visuals charts graphs graphic organizers tables pictures 12/3/2018

Reading Repairs Look it up Try another source Ask for help dictionary glossary encyclopedia textbook newspaper Try another source Ask for help friend teacher parent 12/3/2018

I would advise you to read with a pen in your hand, and enter in a little book short hints of what you find that is curious, or that might be useful; for this will be the best method of imprinting such particulars in your memory, where they will be ready, on some future occasion, to adorn and improve your conversation. Ben Franklin 12/3/2018

Be An Active Reader Use the author’s organization. Outlining Keep your notes brief. Outlining 12/3/2018

Be An Active Reader Flash cards Study tapes Note-taking 12/3/2018

Be An Active Reader Semantic Map Author’s organization Main idea with shape around it Secondary ideas Important details Talk yourself through it Semantic Map 12/3/2018

Be An Active Reader Summary Read Underline Edit Rewrite Check 12/3/2018

Be An Active Reader Annotate & Highlight Highlight new words major points {Bracket key passages} * important facts Order items in a series with numbers ? items you don’t understand Summarize key paragraphs in the margin Don’t overmark! Annotate & Highlight 12/3/2018

Be Flexible Vary reading rate Break bad habits Practice Speed up, but don’t lose comprehension! 12/3/2018

Be a Speedier Reader Careful, analytical 50-300 WPM textbooks Rapid Reading 300-600 WPM magazines newspapers books for pleasure 12/3/2018

Be a Speedier Reader Skimming up to 1500 WPM previewing chapters previewing news articles Scanning up to 3000 WPM phone book dictionary answers in a textbook 12/3/2018

Break Bad Habits Hold a card under the line you are reading instead of pointing. Read with your eyes and not your mouth. Read without rereading everything. Read in word groups. 12/3/2018

Practice Use 4 reading rates. Time reading rate. Rapid read article; write short summary. Skim newspapers or magazines; write short summary. Scan a sports article for high-action verbs. Read mysteries to practice increasing speed. Try reading your textbooks faster. Try word-group reading a newspaper, where the columns are thin and the words group naturally. 12/3/2018

Textbook Baseball What do reading a textbook chapter and playing baseball have in common? They both take time and patience. 12/3/2018

Textbook Baseball The Warm-Up Read the chapter title. Read the headings and subheadings. Look at the illustrations and read the captions. Read the summary and questions. The Warm-Up 12/3/2018

Textbook Baseball The Wind-Up Turn each subheading into a question. This will start you thinking about what information each section will contain. The Wind-Up 12/3/2018

Textbook Baseball The Pitch Read each chapter section. Keep your wind-up questions in mind. Look for the answers. 12/3/2018

Textbook Baseball Answer your wind-up questions. Try to make each one a hit. If you can’t think of an answer…steee-rike! Try again. Reread that chapter section to find the answer to your question. The Hit 12/3/2018

Textbook Baseball After you’ve read each chapter section, go back and review your wind-up questions and answers. This will add up to a run--you’ll score! And you’ll score on a test, too. The Run 12/3/2018

Examine: What was said? How was it said? Who said it? Be a Critical Reader Read for main idea. Author’s qualifications/purpose Identify 3-4 facts. Examine: What was said? How was it said? Who said it? You decide if you agree or disagree and explain why. Is the author biased or impartial? Look for some emotion. 12/3/2018

"You might think that I live, eat, and sleep baseball, and there's a lot of truth to that, but I also love reading. I love sports books, of course, but I also enjoy a good mystery or novel, history or other non-fiction, and lately even philosophy. I especially love sharing books with my children. By reading to them, I'm able to show them how important - and fun - reading is. To find out for yourself try opening a book. It's ... The Only Way I Know." Cal Ripkin, Jr. 12/3/2018

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