Reading Strategies
What are the 5 pre-reading strategies?
1. Read the title
2. Activate schema
3. Preview
4. Predict
5. Prepare
What does empathetic mean?
To understand and imagine how a person feels.
What is theme?
The lesson that the reader can learn from the story.
What comes at the end of a base word and changes the meaning of the word?
A suffix's.
Is this story told in first person or third person?
Geoffrey the giraffe plays the piano everyday. He loves to play the piano. He believes the piano makes the most beautiful sound. When practicing, he thinks about playing beautiful music for all the animals to hear. Geoffrey thinks there is no other instrument as great as the piano.
Third person.
Summarize the story:
In Oklahoma, chicken-fried steak is popular. In the northeast United States, clam chowder is a favorite dish. On the west coast of the U.S. Salmon is popular.
Different kinds of foods are popular in different regions of the United States.
What does determination mean?
To be determined to accomplish a goal even if it is difficult.
The lesson that can be learned from the story or the advice that a story gives to the reader is?
The story message.
What is the suffix, base word, and meaning?
Colorful
Suffix- ful
Base word- color
Meaning- full of color
Is this sentence literal or nonliteral?
After taking the long math test, my brain feels like mush. I cannot think anymore.
Nonliteral.
What are three ways we can make connections when reading?
Text to self
Text to text
Text to world
What does perseverance mean?
To keep on going and to not give up even when things get difficult.
The personality and qualities of a person in a story are?
Character traits
What is the suffix, base word, and meaning?
Loudly
Suffix- ly
Base word- loud
Meaning- in a way that is loud
What is the literal meaning?
We were all running hard, but Janice was moving like a snail. She just couldn't keep up with us.
Janice was running slow.
If I do not understand what I have read, what should I do?
Reread to clarify.
What is literal language?
"It is raining heavily."
The words mean exactly what they are saying.
What is Jorge's character trait?
Jorge never wants to share his things. When his friends comes over, he will only let them play with the toys that he does not want to play with. He does not ever give his friends a chance to use his things or share any of his snacks or treats. If someone tried to share his things he says, "That's mine! You can't have it." Jorge thinks he should never have to share his things.
a. generous b. selfish c. polite d. smart
b. selfish
What is the suffix, base word, and meaning?
Fearless
Suffix- less
Base word- fear
Meaning- without fear
Compare the two texts.
Text 1 Giraffes
The giraffe is the tallest animal in the world. Even the baby giraffes are taller than most men and women.
Text 2 Giraffes
Giraffes spend most of their lives standing up. They even sleep standing up.
They both have the same heading. They both talk about giraffes.
When you make an _________ you go beyond the authors words to understand what is not said in the text.
Inference
What is nonliteral language?
"It is raining cats and dogs."
The words do not mean exactly what they say. The words have another meaning.
What is the theme:
The Monkey and the Cookies
A monkey put his hand into the cookie jar. He grabbed as many cookies as he could hold, but when he tried to pull out his hand, it was stuck under the neck of the cookie jar. Unwilling to let go of the cookies, and yet unable to remove his hand, he burst into tears.
What is the meaning of the following suffix's:
able-
less-
ful-
ly-
able- can
less- without
ful- full of
ly- in a way that is
What did you visualize after reading?
Kayla had on her blue bike helmet. She was learning how to ride a bike. Her dad was teacher her. He was holding her and following along behind her.
A girl riding a bike with her dad wearing a blue helmet.