when you stop and think after reading, and ask yourself: Can I answer my purpose question? Do I understand what I read?
What is PAUSE and REFLECT?
200
The steps you take DURING reading.
What are MAKE CONNECTIONS and READ WITH A PURPOSE?
200
The thought process found in a bubble map.
What is DESCRIBING?
200
The type of nouns that you cannot physically touch. They name a state of being, or an idea.
What are abstract nouns?
300
This is what you do when writing, to help your readers visualize and understand what you are saying.
What is use lots of details, and descriptive language:
adjectives, sensory language, metaphors, similes
300
When you look over the text features so you know what you will be reading about.
What is PREVIEWING?
300
The steps you take AFTER reading
What are PAUSE AND REFLECT, RE-READ, and REMEMBER?
300
This map shows a sequence of events in chronological order?
What is a FLOW MAP?
300
An educated guess based on background knowledge and/or evidence from the text.
What is an INFERENCE?
400
When you read line by line in order to understand more complicated text.
What is CLOSE READING?
400
When you compare what you know with the information from the text
What is MAKING CONNECTIONS?
400
When you go back to the text and read again, because the information is new or you don't understand it yet.
What is RE-READ?
400
The map that shows cause and effect.
What is MULTI-FLOW?
400
the subject of a text you are reading
What is a TOPIC?
500
This is what you do when reading, to better understand what the author is saying. You focus on the details and descriptions given by the author and make a picture in your mind.
What is VISUALIZING?
500
When you look for the answer to your purpose question DURING reading.
What is READ WITH A PURPOSE?
500
When you take notes, write a summary, talk with a friend, or do something else to help you better understand and learn the information you read.
What is REMEMBER?
500
The thought process in a tree map
What is MAIN IDEA, CATEGORIES?
500
The idea the author most wants you to know and understand