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What strategies can you use when reading?

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What strategy would you use to figure out unknown vocabulary words?

Context Clues

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What is a good strategy to use when you see important information?

Highlighting or underlining

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What strategy will help you put the reading into your own words?

Paraphrasing

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What is the strategy called that is used to help answer literal questions?

Pre reading questions or reading questions first

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What is it called when you read between the lines?

Making inferences

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Why would I re-read a passage?

to get a better understanding

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Which strategy is used to tell the story in a shortened version?

Summarizing

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What strategy involves using information that you already know with what you are learning now?

Making Connections

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What is paraphrasing?

Telling the story in your own words to show you understand it.

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What is making inferences?

Reading between the lines.

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Why would you use context clues?

To help understand unknown words.

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What information should I highlight or underline?

Important information

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Why is making connections important?

It helps you better understand what you are reading by linking it to personal experiences or what you already know.

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What is a technology tool we can use to help us with reading?

Kami, Snap and Read, Dictionary.com, etc....

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What is your favorite comprehension strategy?

Any one or more of the 8 taught strategies

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