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Teaching... Learning... Leading...

Strategies for Reading SuccessMaterial provided by Mascot Press Written by Steve and Dave Jantzen

Power Point By Joe Crawley

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Overview of Your Handouts

• 100 Ways to Get Your Kids to Love Reading by Phyliss Hunter

• Reading Benchmarks for High School Students. Comments by Steve Janzen

• Strategies for Reading Success by Steve Janzen


Look Ahead look only at the headings and illustrations on one page then to the next, read only the title, headings and subheadings in bold type

Prepares your mind for where the text is headed

Like looking at a road map before driving off in the car.


Look Backhaving read the passage, go back to the beginning , study its heading and subheadings one more time what was the author trying to tell me

Don’t expect to remember what you read unless you go back over it.

Like painting a house, a second coat is often needed.


Jump to The Endread the first paragraph then the last paragraph then read all

How does the end of the story connect to the beginning.

Boredom is converted to real interest.


Ask Questionsmake yourself curious by posing a question about an article’s title and subtitle

you will actively seek and answer to own your question

You become curious, interested --not bored.


Make a mental moviewhile reading, make a mental movie in your mind example you are the director

Your mind becomes more curious, creative, and and actively engaged.

A thinking mind asks questions


Notice the Organizationbe aware of choices an author makes for organizing - what person I, he etc. first event to last event, or last to first, close up to broad, broad to close up

The author decides where he wants to lead -- you must try to follow.

Makes you more alert and aware as you read.


If you get lost go back.When you read a paragraph that makes no sense, go back an reread it.

Skilled readers say “ I didn’t get that let me read it one more time.

Unskilled readers think they must understand everything on the first try


Keep reading get past the vocabulary bumps”

whenever you reach a string fo unfamiliar words do not stop -do not allow yourself to become frustrated.

Like speed bumps in a parking lot get over them and keep on going.

Draw on your determination to understand the paragraph as a whole


Take a short breakif frustration on a reading test begins to jangle your nerves stop and rest --look at the ceiling -etc

Be patient with yourself and the author

Take a break if necessary but keep reading to the end.


Take Controlcome into a test with a plan based on your own strengths as reader and thinker.

Some strategies may help more than others. Make a plan on which strategies work for you.

Remember them and use them.

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Teaching... Learning... Leading...

Strategies for Reading SuccessMaterial provided by Mascot Press Written by Steve and Dave Jantzen

•Thank you.•Are there any questions?

•Joe Crawley

Teaching... Learning... Leading... 1 Strategies for Reading Success Material provided by Mascot...

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