Briefly looking over the text to get a snapshot of how it is organized is called...
What is scanning.
100
Name the 3 nonfiction text types on which we've focused.
What is articles, schedules, and true experience texts.
100
A word or phrase in bold that comes at the top of a section or paragraph. It describes what you will read about in that section and divides the text into smaller parts.
What is a heading or subtitle.
100
When you are getting ready to read a nonfiction text, what should you look at to make a prediciton?
What is text features (captions, title, headings, photos, diagrams, charts, etc.).
100
Choose the best fix-up strategy
a. reread 4 times
b. use context clues
What is b.
200
When you figure out the meaning of the word using the words and hints around that word, you are using...
What is context clues.
200
Which could be an example of an article?
A. An explorer's account of their life aboard ship
B. The 5th grade specials
C. A write up about the city's new recycling program
D. A story about a cat in outerspace
What is C.
200
How can you use headings and subtitles when you read?
What is to help you make predictions or to help you locate information.
200
If you were reading an article about an animal and you saw the heading, "Habitat", what might you predict you would read in this section?
What is where the animal lives or what it's home is like.
200
Choose the best fix up strategy.
a. scan the text first
b. ignore hard words
What is a.
300
True or False:
As you read, you should skip over difficult parts.
What is false.
300
An example of a schedule might be
A. Video Game directions
B. A story about a dog who swims with dolphins
C. How to make pizza
D. Bus stops and times
What is D.
300
How can just looking at the text features let us make a prediction?
What is we can see the parts of the text and predict based on the topics that are shown in the title or headings or photos, etc.
300
If I am getting ready to read an article from Scholastic News, and I see a picture of honeybees, what can I predict?
What is the article is going to tell me about honeybees.
300
Another word for paying attention to your thoughts as you are reading.
What is metacognition.
400
Which action would help you get ready to read?
a. Activate your prior knowledge about the topic
b. Find out how many pages you have to read
c. Think about who suggested the book
d. Find out if a friend has this book
What is a.
400
Define true experience text.
What is a nonfiction account of a personal experience.
400
How do photographs help us?
What is they help us visualize what the text is describing.
400
Which would be the more helpful text features?
A. title, headings, captions, photos
B. bold-faced words
What is A.
Daily Double: Explain WHY.
400
As you read you should:
A. skip over all difficult parts
B. read each paragraph several times
C. try to understand what you are reading as you read
D. read the first word in each paragraph
What is C.
500
Metacognition is...
What is paying attention to your thinking.
500
What would you read if you want to find out what movies are playing at what times?
What is a schedule.
500
Why is it important to pay attention to text features?
What is they help us make predictions. They also help us understand the article better and give us additional information.
500
Why do we make predictions?
What is to help us pay attention to our reading and to help us better understand what we read.
500
Why do we have fix-up strategies?
What is so we can understand what we read and become better readers.