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Set a Purpose
Students first look inside themselves to find a reason for reading a
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Preview
Next, students look through the selection, checking key parts to learn what to expect. |
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Plan
Finally, students learn how to decide upon a reading strategy that will best help achieve the reading purpose.
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Read with a Purpose
Next, students read the selection carefully and thoroughly, applying the reading strategy to help them achieve their reading purpose. As part of this step, students also look at how the reading is organized. |
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Connect
Students make a connection with what they read by responding personally to the selection and relating it to their own experience.
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Pause and Reflect
Then, immediately after reading, students pause, reflect, and look back to see whether they have found information that fits the reading purpose. |
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Reread
To improve their understanding of the reading, students reread to find information missed the first time through. |
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Remember
Students then make the reading their own by writing or doing something with the material they have read. |