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

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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

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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.
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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

• Dont expect to remember what you read unless you
  go back over it.

Like painting a house, a second coat is often
needed.
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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.
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Ask Questionsmake yourself curious
by posing a question about an articles title and
subtitle

• you will actively seek and answer to own your
  question

You become curious, interested --not bored.
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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
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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.
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If you get lost go back.When you read a
paragraph that makes no sense, go back an reread
it.

• Skilled readers say I didnt get that let me
  read it one more time.

Unskilled readers think they must understand
everything on the first try
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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
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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.
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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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Strategies for Reading SuccessMaterial provided
by Mascot Press Written by Steve and Dave
Jantzen

• Thank you.
• Are there any questions?
• Joe Crawley