Caila BishopMeghan Keiber

Content Management Strategy SQ3R

SQ3R is a five-step study plan to help students construct meaning while reading. It uses the elements of questioning, predicting, setting a purpose for reading, and monitoring for confusion.

SQ3R includes the following steps

1. Survey Think about the title: “What do I know?” “What do I want to know?” Glance over headings and first sentences in paragraphs. Look at illustrations and graphic aids. Read the first paragraph. Read the last paragraph or summary.

2. QuestionTurn the title into a question. Write down any questions that some to mind during the survey. Turn headings into questions. Turn subheadings, illustrations, and graphic aids into questions. Write down unfamiliar vocabulary words and determine their meaning.

3. Read ActivelyRead to search for answers to questions. Respond to questions and use context clues for unfamiliar words. React to unclear passages, confusing terms, and questionable statements by generating additional questions.

4. Recite Look away from the answers and the book to recall what was read. Recite answers to questions aloud or in writing. Reread text for unanswered questions.

5. Review

Answer the major purpose question.

Look over answers and all parts of the chapter to organize information.

Summarize the information learned by drawing flow charts, writing a summary, participating in a group discussion, or by studying for a test.

This strategy is appropriate for students who struggle retaining information and constructing meaning while reading

Online Resources

http://www.studygs.net/texred2.htmhttp://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/college-success/26666.htmlhttp://www.alamo.edu/sac/history/keller/accditg/sssq3r.htmhttp://www.edarticle.com/article.php?id=57

This is a great instructional strategy for improving reading skills. With this strategy students survey, question, read, recite, and review. These five techniques are integral to the reading process. This strategy is a step-by-step strategy that allows students to comprehend what they are reading better. What’s great about SQ3R is that it can be used for other subject areas.

Application Example

Social Studies

State Goal 16- Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States, and other nations.16.B.2d- Identify major political events and leaders within the United States historical eras since the adoption of the Constitution, including the westward expansion, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War and 20th century wars as well as the roles of Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

5th grade

Objectives

-Students will read about a major political event or leader in the 20th century

-Students will write a small report about the event or leader that demonstrates their understanding of the individual or movement

-Students will present their report to the class.

A student with a disability who struggles constructing meaning and retaining information will use the SQ3R strategy. Students should write down information gained before during and after reading. The teacher can scaffold the SQ3R method by providing a visual poster outlining the five This is a rationale strategy because it will help the student’s content

reading comprehension. It will allow students to preview reading material and activate prior knowledge while integrating it with new information. By retaining what they have read and understanding the information the student will be able to create and complete the report.

References

- http://www.studygs.net/texred2.htm - Fountas, I &Pinnell, G. (1996) Guided Reading. Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann- http://www.pgcps.org/~elc/readingacross1.html