Teaching Reading Flashcards

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K-W-L Chart

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A graphic organizer used throughout a unit that shows what students know (K), want to know (W), and learned (L)

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Organizational Structure

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Text structure can include cause/effect, problem/solution, main idea/details, and/or sequence

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Summarizing

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Writing or speaking a brief description of more extensive information by covering only the main/most important points, without details.

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Anticipation Guide

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a series of statements used to preview and activate prior knowledge before reading a text

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Main Idea

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the central point of the passage

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Schema (when reading)

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Background knowledge a reader brings to a text. ex- Someone who plays baseball can use his experience to understand a biography of Babe Ruth.

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Draw Conclusion

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To make final comments/summation over what has been read or written.

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Inferential Comprehension

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Understanding parts of the written text without it being stated explicitly such as determining cause and effect, drawing conclusions, and making predictions. ex- What was the cause of the children in the story being locked out of their house?

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Heading

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a title of a section

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Table of Contents

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a text feature found on a page before the start of a written work that lists chapter names or section titles along with their corresponding page numbers

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Sentence Stems

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Common sentence starters provided to students to use when generalizing, summarizing, or transitioning between ideas. ex- “According to the author…” “We see in Chapter 2 that…” or “While X does this, Y…”

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Paraphrase

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Putting something that was read, heard, or viewed into your own words. ex- The principal told me we might be getting raises this year.

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Transition Words

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Phrases and words used to link sentences, paragraphs, and ideas together. ex- First, next, last, on the other hand

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Chronological Order

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An organizational approach that follows an orderly progression of events based in time.

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Graphic Organizer

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a visual display of the relationships between facts and ideas. ex- Graphic organizers, such as story maps, timelines, venn diagrams and K-W-L charts, help students organize information.

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Evaluative Comprehension

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The ability to analyze text by questioning whether it is fact or opinion, determining if there is faulty reasoning, and explaining how the characters are developed. ex- Explain why you think this story is factual or an opinion.

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Signal Words

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words or phrases that show the connection between ideas. ex- To teach text structures, a teacher can have students find signal words within the texts and examine topic sentences that clue the reader to a specific structure.

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Cause and Effect

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a writing method in which the author explains reasons why something happened or the effects of something that has happened. ex- A politician’s speech in which all of the bad actions of an opponent are listed to argue that the politician should be elected instead.

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Compare and Contrast

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An organizational approach where the author provides similarities and differences about two ideas

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Literal Comprehension

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Understanding of the facts in the written text such as stated main idea or specific details. ex- What were the names of the main character’s parents in the story we just read?

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Index

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a catalogue list at the end of the text containing all of the topics discussed

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Problem and Solution

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An organizational approach where the author presents a problem and possible solution

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Glossary

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a list of important words to know along with their meanings

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Annotate

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making notes in a text and questioning unfamiliar ideas while reading something new

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Subheading

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a title for a smaller portion of text