Reading+Strategies

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Reading Comprehension Strategies

In the Edge the seven Reading strategies are the same; however, they are presented at different times throughout the units 1-6/7. Since vampires are a huge part of 2009 pop culture: Here's a way to remember the Seven: I *C "V-A-M-P-S !!

=**I**= Importance (determine important ideas) + main ideas + paraphrase it

=**C**= Connections (make them) + what you know (KWL) + what you've experienced (LIFE, TV)

=**V**= Visualize + mental images + use all your senses

=**A**= Ask Questions + ask: who, what, when, where, why? + answer from the text, photos, or visuals

=**M**= Make Inferences + guess from your brain + use the facts from text (I see...I know...I think)

=**P**= Plan and Monitor + set a purpose for reading + prediction

=**S**= Synthesize (in Higher Levels, but not in Beginning) +summarize +paraphrase