1. BDA Reading Strategies
Sarah Sitzer
Student: Logan, 5th grade

2. AR Social Studies State standard 4.3.8
Environment- Identify cause and effect relationships between population distribution and environmental issues.

3. Introduce the article
Read synopsis aloud to Logan before starting the actual “Before” Reading strategy.
Engages the reader and gets them thinking about the topic.
Activates prior knowledge.

4. Pre-Reading Strategy “Before Reading Strategy” Anticipation Guide
Narrow student’s focus on underlying themes
Focus on cause and effect relationship

5. During Reading Strategy
Coding/ Annotating the Text
Break down a more difficult text
Neat and organized
“marking-up” a text
Allows teacher insight to student’s level of understanding the text.

6. After Reading Strategy
Anticipation Guide RE-VISIT paired with Quick Write
Student reflection
Explain their reasoning
Teacher insight to thinking processes and reading comprehension