Telling what is important in a text and telling it in a brief way that makes sense.
What is "retelling"
100
Synthesizing uses a variety of these strategies.
What is "comprehension strategies"
100
When teachers use venn diagrams, they are using this reading strategy.
What is "compare and contrast"
200
Another word for putting summarizing the story in your own words.
What is "paraphrasing"
200
When synthesizing information from a text, the student's understanding is impacted by this.
What is "background knowledge"
200
This comprehension strategy uses "probing" for a deeper understanding of the text.
What is "questioning"
300
Making notes in the margin of a text in you own words is an example of this.
What is "summarizing"
300
Responding to a question about a text before reading it and then responding to the same question after reading the text shows this.
What is " how your thinking has changed"
300
Whenever a student can relate an event in a story to real life, he is using this strategy.
What is "making connections"
400
Using sticky notes coded "S" with notes in the readers own words about the important passages from the text is a way to do this.
What is "to Summarize"
400
This is the best way to show synthesizing of information from a text.
What is "through writing"
400
When you "picture a part of a story in your mind".
What is "visualizing"
500
A two column chart with the two headings: What the piece is about ... and What it makes me think about ... shows their thinking(the most important thinking).
What is "the student's"
500
Asking "I wonder ..." questions when reading a text is an example of this reading strategy.
What is "synthesizing"
500
This strategy requires you to draw conclusions by "reading between the lines."