The Reading Routine
KAT Strategy
TAPP
TREE
Creating a Sentence Stem
100

Step 1 of The Reading Routine.

What is 

Analyze text features?

100

Text structure when there is an issue and a resolution.

What is problem and solution?

100

T =

Topic

What I am writing about.

100

How do you create your topic sentence?

I create my topic sentence by _____.

100

What do you X out?

Question words:

Who | What | When | How | Why | Do | Does

200

Step 2 of The Reading Routine.

What is 

Make a prediction

"I predict this text will be about __."

200

Text structure when you focus on similarities and differences between two topics.

What is comparison

200

A = 

Audience

Who I am writing for.

200

The sentence stem for evidence:

The text says, "________."
200

The word you add when the question says "how."

by ___________.

300

Step 3 of The Reading Routine.

What is 

Read the text using cognates to help as you go.

300
The first thing you ask yourself when you finish reading a text.

Is there a problem in this story?

300

P= 

Purpose

Why I am writing.

300

Find the audience: 


Write an essay explaining what makes a good student and how students can stay motivated throughout the school year.

Ms. KIA

300

The word you add when the question says "why."

because __________.

400

Step 4 of The Reading Routine.

What is 

Create a main idea with KAT strategy and the Decision Tree.

400

How to make a main idea into a summary.

What is add a sentence with more details.

400

P (2)=

Parameters 

How I am writing.

400

Find the audience: 

Write a letter to a student explaining what makes a good student and how they can stay motivated throughout the year.

student

400

A word you can add sometimes when the question says "what."

is _________________.

500

Step 5 of The Reading Routine.

What is 

Answering essay questions with the WeWrite/TREE strategy.

500

A text structure for a problem without a solution.

What is cause & effect

500

What does Ms. KIA stand for?

Ms. Know It All

500

Sentence stem for End:

In conclusion, _______________.

500

Why do we X out "does" but put the 's' on a verb?

What is subject-verb agreement