EFECLLC K-12 YOUNG READERS CLUB
READING STRATEGIES: In a Nutshell
Types of Reading: By Genres
Reading Level:
Early Childhood Literacy
--Beginner: Level 1, 2 & 3
--Pictorial, Illustration design age appropriateness
---Word / number recognition
Elementary
Intermediate: Academic, thematic
Science, Social Studies, Math, Technology Literacy
-- Familiar terms and concepts
High School
Intermediate to Advance college level
Build Vocabulary for both expressive and creative assignments
Understand reading based on context, tone, culture, & elements of literature /literacy
Fast reading can be achieved by glancing and scheming through content for specific content or information. Keywords and terms often help navigate through the content.
My first go-to for reading is the KWL
What I Know | What I Want to know | What I Learned
This makes reading fun and engaging.
My second go-to for reading is the basic elements of Storytelling. (Characters, settings plot, and themes) Good writing is worthy of reading.
My third go-to reading strategy is the Ws. in reading headlines: WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN & WHY
This basic outlines for further reading consideration.
The following reading strategies are exploratory based on learning style and objectives. At University level, Reading is both leisure and academic time invested to retain knowledge and built knowledge. While speed reading is time efficient and strategic; to retain content using reading framework is recommended.
To sum it all up, discovering the book by previewing captivating illustrations; genres of predictions; title intriguing for questioning what it's really about; inferring based on previous knowledge; connect with familiar author or subject. Review and attempt to retell the story or make recommendations for add-on or commentary.
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PREVIEW
Look over the title, the cover, the pictures, and some of the content to see what it is about and how it is organized.
PREDICT
Use clues to think about what will happen.
READ ON AND SEE IF YOUR PREDICTION WAS CORRECT.
QUESTION
What questions come up about the text character, plot, detail, or an action?
INFER
WHAT ARE THE UNDERLYING MESSAGES OF THE TEXT?
CONNECT
can relate to content, or how the text relates to something else
COMPARE
Identify similarities seen in the fact between.
CLARIFY
Pause to imagine the setting or action must.
SUMMARIZE
Explain what the text is mainly about. Know how to find, organize, and retell important tacts or story elements from the text.
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