1. Prior Knowledge: Activating and Developing Concepts and Vocabulary Chapter 3

2. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 2 Chapter-Opening Graphic Organizer

3. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 3 Components of Prior Knowledge Vocabulary Concepts Experiences Knowledge about Text

4. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 4 Knowledge About Text Narrative Text Expository Text

5. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 5 Student Strategies for Activating Prior Knowledge Preview and Predict K-W-L Making Connections

6. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 6 Figure 3.1: Strategy Poster for Preview and Predict

7. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 7 Figure 3.3: K-W-L Strategy Poster

8. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 8 Figure 3.4: Strategy Poster for Making Connections

9. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 9 Teaching Strategies for Developing Prior Knowledge Discussion Brainstorming Quick Writing Picture Walk/Text Walk Semantic Mapping Prequestions & Purpose Setting Anticipation Guides Structured Previews Reading Aloud Role Playing Projects Concrete Materials & Real Experiences

10. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.3 | 10 Terms You Need to Know ■ anticipation guide ■ background knowledge (or prior knowledge) ■ concept development ■ expository text ■ graphic organizer ■ K-W-L ■ making connections ■ narrative text ■ picture walk ■ prediction ■ preview and predict ■ prior knowledge ■ project ■ quick writing ■ role playing ■ schema theory (pl. schemata) ■semantic mapping ■ story map ■ strategy ■ structured preview ■ text structure ■ text walk ■ vocabulary