Reading Nonfiction How to read your Social Studies textbook Mrs. Roopchan, 2012.

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Reading Nonfiction How to read your Social Studies textbook Mrs. Roopchan, 2012

Reading Social Studies What pops into your head when somebody mentions social studies?

Social Studies Social studies can be pretty exciting, IF YOU READ IT THE RIGHT WAY!!!! Helps you pictures the world in the past. Many resources—words, maps, diagrams, timelines, drawings, and photographs. Your job is to pull together those pieces into and overall pictures of the time period.

Social Studies Before Reading Set a Purpose What is your reason or purpose for reading? Preview Look for key information that you are about to read. Plan What did you learn from your preview? What graphic organizer will help you to meet your reading purpose?

Social Studies During Reading Read with a Purpose Look for information related to your reading purpose. Write down important details on STICKY NOTES or on your GRAPHIC ORGANIZER. Connect Active readers make connections with what they read. T-T (Text to Text) T-S (Text to Self) T-W (Text to World)

Graphic Organizers Timeline Helps you to remember the important dates and events in the lesson. Webs Helps you keep related details and ideas together. 5 W’s and H Organizer Helps you to make sure that you ask questions about all the key facts. K-W-L Chart Helps you connect the information to questions you have about the subject.

How Are Textbooks Organized Time Order The order in which things happen. Timeline Graphic Organizer Topic Order Facts and Ideas by topic Webs Graphic Organizer 5 W’s and H Graphic Organizer

Social Studies After Reading Pause and Reflect Think again about why you are reading. What were you trying to find out? Did anything confuse you? Reread Good readers reread all the time. Use a different reading strategy. Cause and Effect Cause is the original event. Effect is the result of the event. This organizer helps to tell what happened and why it happened. Remember Think about how what you’re reading about connects with what you know already and with your own life.