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Reading “Soaring Toward Success”. Search and Destroy U-underline the title and make a prediction N-name and read each question W-write the gist for each.

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1 Reading “Soaring Toward Success”

2 Search and Destroy U-underline the title and make a prediction N-name and read each question W-write the gist for each paragraph R-remember to use your strategies A-answer each question P-prove your answers with paragraph numbers Read questions first. Underline key words in questions. Now read the selection. Select the best answer. Underline the title Now predict the passage (in one sentence) Run through and number the paragraphs Are you reading the questions? Are the important words circled? (Write down their meanings.) Venture through the passage Eliminate wrong answers in multiple choice. Let the questions be answered (Write the paragraph number where you found the answers.)

3 Students learn more effectively when they already know something about a content area and when concepts in that area mean something to them and to their particular background or culture. When teachers link new information to the student's prior knowledge, they activate the student's interest and curiosity, and infuse instruction with a sense of purpose.

4 FeatureHelps the Reader... Bold Printby signaling the word is important and/or found in the glossary Italicsunderstand the word is important Bulletsemphasize key points/concepts Titleslocate different categories in the text Headings identify topics throughout the book as they skim and scan Subheadingsnavigate through sections of text Labelsidentify a picture and/or its parts Captionsunderstand pictures and photographs Photographsunderstand exactly what something looks like Drawingsunderstand what something should or might have looked like Magnificationsee details in something

5 1.6.7 2. Use “word parts” to figure out the meaning of the words. (Base words and Affixes) prefix, root word, suffix 1.6.8 3. Recognize Synonyms and Antonyms within text. Pretty = Beautiful Hot ≠Cold 1.6.9 4. Look out for words that have more than one meaning. Multiple Meanings: Homophones & Homographs INSTRUCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS SYNONYMSANTONYMS BIG= LARGESMOOTH ≠ ROUGH HARD= DIFFICULTSHRINK ≠ EXPAND OLD= ANCIENTDAMAGE≠IMPROVE EVIL= WICKEDCONSIDERATE≠SELFISH ARGUE= SQUABBLEFOOLISH≠SENSIBLE

6 Look for clues to the meaning of words- 1.after the words or that directly follow the unfamiliar word 2.after the comma that directly follows the word 3.before the word 4.in the previous sentence 5.in the next sentence 6.by replacing the unfamiliar words with a “prediction” word to see if it fits or makes sense 7.by studying the unfamiliar word’s prefixes, suffix, or root word and writing the meaning to figure out the meaning of the word 8.by asking yourself if the word sounds positive or negative 9.by figuring out the word’s part of speech, such as noun, verb, adjective, or adverb

7 INSTRUCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS 1.6.3 1. Reread the sentence and use the context clues in the sentence to figure out the meaning. Definition Restatement OR Synonym Contrast OR Antonym Comparison Example List OR Series Cause and Effect Description Inference


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