Content text 181 - Reading Comprehension Skills and Strategies_level_3.pdf
S imilarities / Differences Activate Prior Knowledge Story Sequence Follow Directions Vocabulary SKILLS & STRATEGIES HIGH-INTEREST 3 LEVEL 100 REPRODUCIBLE ACTIVITIES
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2 Table of Contents Skills Teacher welcome and teaching tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Analyzing word structure—synonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Analyzing word structure—antonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Analyzing word structure—synonyms and antonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Analyzing word structure—base words . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Analyzing word structure—base words . . . . . . . . . . 10 Analyzing word structure—word origins . . . . . . . . . 11 Analyzing word structure—base words & prefixes . 12 Analyzing word structure—suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Analyzing word structure—suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Analyzing vocabulary using visual and context clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Analyzing vocabulary using visual and context clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Analyzing vocabulary using visual and context clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Analyzing vocabulary using visual and context clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Analyzing vocabulary using visual and context clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Analyzing vocabulary using context clues . . . . . . . 20 Analyzing vocabulary—multiple-meaning words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Analyzing vocabulary—multiple-meaning words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Analyzing vocabulary—multiple-meaning words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Analyzing vocabulary—multiple-meaning words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Analyzing vocabulary—signal words . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Analyzing vocabulary—signal words . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Analyzing vocabulary—context clues in text . . . . . 27 Following directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Following directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Following directions using a graphic device . . . . . . 30 Identifying nouns in text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Categorizing a list of items in text . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Identifying familiar analogies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Identifying familiar analogies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Identifying unfamiliar analogies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Identifying unfamiliar analogies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Categorizing information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Interpreting a Venn diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Interpreting a Venn diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Interpreting idiom phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Interpreting figures of speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Recognizing the 5 W’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Recognizing the 5 W’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Predictions of what will happen next . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Predictions of what will happen next . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Reading the table of contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Using the index to preview content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Using headings and captions to preview and predict content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Using headings and captions to preview and predict content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Making a movie in your mind to preview and predict content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Using illustrations and graphic devices to predict content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Reading the cover of a book to predict content . . . 52 Reading the video case to predict content . . . . . . . 53 Concentrating on the details of an ad to make decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Comparing reviews before making a decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Comparing and contrasting details . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Identifying topic and supporting sentences . . . . . . 57 Identifying problem/solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Identifying supporting details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Reading for details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Interpreting a chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Interpreting labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Interpreting labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63