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Metacognition:
Metacognition
Continued
Good readers have developed helpful strategies for reading. Strategies help readers understand, connect to, and determine the importance of what they are reading. They also visualize, ask questions about, and read between the lines of their text.
Your mind wanders from the text; you read it but are thinking about something else. The current page has nothing to do with what you thought the big picture or authors purpose was for the text.
You cannot summarize the last few paragraphs or pages. Characters appear and you cannot remember who they are.
Word Attack
1. Look at the pictures use the pictures to get information that may help you figure out the word
2. Sound blending
(look at the beginning letters, look at the ending letters)
3. Use a Dictionary
. 1. Make a connection
How does your. Connect with Yourself
2. Make a Prediction
As you read, think about what might happen next . You should constantly be making inferences and predictions about the plot! When an event doesnt match a prediction, good readers rethink and revise their thinking.
Every so often, stop and think about what you have read.
** If you dont remember anything you have read, why continue? Pause and summarize in your head. Stopping and thinking gives readers time to synthesize new information. It allows them to ask questions, visualize, and determine what is important in the text.
4. Ask questions
If you ask questions as you read, you will be more actively engaged with the text. You will be looking for answers to your questions, and will
5. Reflect in Writing
Writing down what they think about what theyve read allows readers to clarify their thinking. It is an opportunity to reflect. Readers better understand their reading when they have written about it. The writing may be a summary or a response. Sometimes just jotting down a few notes will clarify meaning.
6. Visualize
Good readers create images in their head to help them make sense of what the words are saying.
They use movies, television, and life to help them picture what is happening.
Punctuation!!
Text Features help the author convey intent. They help the reader determine what is important and what the author values. Text features give the reader insight into voice and how the author wants the piece to sound.
When readers cant retell what they read, it is an indication that their mind has wandered and confusion has set in.
8. Reread the
text
BUTyou dont have to reread everything! Sometimes rereading a portion of the text a sentence, or even just a word can help you understand.
9. Notice Patterns in Text Structure Most texts have specific organizational patterns.
Recognizing how a piece is organized helps readers locate information more quickly.
Good readers select a rate based on the difficulty of the material, their purpose in reading it, and their familiarity with the topic.
Ask for Help If the fix-up strategies arent working or you dont know which one to useask for help!
REMEMBER:
You may be using some or all of these strategies already. You just may not know it. However, as you learn to read more complicated materials, you WILL NEED to use these strategies purposefully. SO PRACTICE!