1. Reading Strategies Intro
EQ: How can I use strategies to gather information and demonstrate my understanding?

2. Do Now, September 5
Create the following chart on your paper, and tell what you know about the brain in the K column K W L
What I know about the brain:
What I want to know about the brain:
What I want to know about the brain after watching the movie:
What I want to know about the brain after previewing the article:
What I learned about the brain from the movie:
What I learned about the brain from the article:

3. K-W-L chart
A K-W-L chart tracks what a student knows (K), wants to know (W), and has learned (L) about a topic.
It can be used before, during, and after research or reading texts.
Ex. Create a K-W-L chart and add what you know and want to know about the brain.
View the following video, and as you do add anything you learned watching the video. video “Growing the Mind
if you have questions about the brain as a result of the video, add them to the W column of your k-w-l chart

4. SQ5R Survey: look over the text before you read it
Question: Write each subheading in the form of a question next to the suheading
Read: read the text one section at a time. For each section
Record: underline/highlight the key points and main ideas
Recite: say to yourself what you marked in the text and your summary notes from the margins
Review: go back over important details
Reflect: think of how the information can be applied
for additional information

5. SQ5R (continued)
Practice the reading strategy using “The Brain” article from readworks.org
blob:
Survey
Highlight the title of the article from ReadWorks.
Put a box around each charts, diagrams, pictures,etc.
Question
For any headings/subheadings, turn them into a question. Write your question in the margin beside the heading or subheading
Read
Scan (do a quick read) through the article, and circle any words that you don’t know from the text

6. SQ5R (continued) The rest of the R’s Record Recite Review Reflect
Highlight/underline the main ideas of the text
Recite
Write answers to your questions in the margins
Review
Add to the K-W-L chart things you have learned about the brain from the article in the L section of the chart.
Reflect
Write 5 questions using level 2 and 3 words from Costa’s levels of questioning (see binder pages) and answer them citing the paragraph where the answer was found.