Read-It Strategy Cuecards and Instructional Supports

Collaborative Reading: Collaborative Reading: Discussion CardDiscussion Card

RRead It Logead It Log1. Select discussion leader2. Volunteer reads section/paragraph3. Leader begins reading discussion:

• SummarizeSummarize“I think the main idea is…”“Some of the details that support or explain the main idea are…”“Comments, questions, or additions to the summary?”

• QuestionQuestion“My question about this topic is…”

(Who, What, When, Why, How, Where)“Any other questions?”“I think the text structure might be __________because_______”“A good text structure question is ________?” (C/E C/C P/S Seq)

• ClarifyClarify“I am confused about…” “Comments or questions about this or other clarifications?”“A word/term I didn’t understand is____”

“Does anyone have other clarifications?

• ConnectConnect“My connection to this topic is….”(Connect to Self, Text, Topics, World)“This reminds me of…”“I wonder…”“Comments or questions about connections?”

4. Predict: “I think the author will next talk about…”5. Choose new leader for next section of text

Strategy

RReading Logeading Log1. Select discussion leader2. Volunteer reads section/paragraph3. Leader begins reading discussion:

• SummarizeSummarizeMain Ideas and Details

• QuestionQuestionQuestion about main idea and details

• ClarifyClarify Confusing Ideas or Words

• ConnectConnectText, Self, World

4. Predict: “I think the author will next talk about…”5. Choose new leader for next section of text

Strategy

Read-It Cuecard: To prompt strategies and talk

Summarize Question

Clarify Connect and Predict

What is the main idea – what is this mostly about?

Name the 3-4 supporting details that support that idea

Summarize the main idea and details in your own words

Ask a question about the main idea.

Ask a text structure question

Ask a trillion-dollar question “What if? Why?”

Words? Vocabulary? Ideas?• Think what makes sense• Look for parts, suffixes,

affixes• Read the sentence before &

after• Use context clues (definition,

example, explanation)

Connect ideas to self, text, world

Think what you know about the topics (lessons, friends, books, movies, family)

Predict what the author will discuss next

1 2

3 4

Summarize

Summarize the paragraph. Include the category (main idea) and 2-3 details in your summary.

Clarify the Clunks

1. Think about what makes sense.

2. Use context- Reread the sentence before and after the clunk for clues

3. Look for a prefix or suffix

4. Break the word into smaller parts

Question

1. Ask questions about the main ideas 2. Ask text structure questions

3. Ask questions about what doesn’t make sense?

Ask questions that make people think (e.g., “Why….?” “What’s the problem?” “What if..” 3.

Predict

Predict what will be discussed next by the author

Think of the Text Structure

Connect• Connect to self

• Connect to texts (topics)• Connect to world

Strategy 1

Strategy 4Strategy 3

Strategy 2

Strategy 5

Key Reading Strategies – Palincsar & Brown

STUDENTS READ PASSAGE AND STOP AT INDICATED POINTS (DOT, PARAGRAPH, PAGE). THEY EMPLOY THE (CUECARD) STRATEGIES WITH A PARTNER OR GROUP

They can use post-its They can mark-up the

text based on the READS-It strategies

Students can alternate turns as the leader while they lead the team in using the strategies

Collaborative reading and discussion

The teacher monitors performance

SUPPORT THE THINK-ALOUD – GIVE STUDENTS A CUECARD WITH LANGUAGE STEMS (SEE CUECARD WHICH HAS LANGUAGE STEMS)

Summarizing This is mostly about … The details that support this idea are … My summary is …

Questioning A question I have is … I wondered why the author said …

Clarifying I want to clarify the meaning of the word … Something that did not make sense is …

Connecting This reminds me of … This is like…

Identifying a problemI got confused whenI didn’t expect

Using fix-upsI think I’ll have to reread …. I need to clarify ….A question I have ….

TALK BETWEEN PARTNERS AND GROUP CAN HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND AND REVISE THEIR IDEAS.USE CUECARDS AND BOOKMARKS TO SUPPORT INTERNALIZATION AND INDEPENDENCE

STRATEGY BOOKMARK CAN BE USED TO PROMPT STUDENT TALK. CAN BE PLACED IN LOG OR TEXTBOOK

USE CUECARDS, STRATEGY WALL, OR RUBRICS TO HELP STUDENTS APPLY STRATEGIES IN SMALL GROUPS: THEY LEARN TO SELF-DIRECT & MASTER STRATEGIES

Leader with Cuecards to GuideGroup through Use of the Strategies

Strategy Wall: Checking off Strategiesfor each Book Section (e.g., page by page)

MAKE STRATEGIES PUBLIC: STRATEGY WALL