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Guide of Reading Goals by Quarter:
Guide of Reading Goals by Quarter:
First Grade
Q1: DRA 4 (D)
Q2: DRA 8 (E)
Q3: DRA 12 (G)
Q4: DRA 16 (I)
Second Grade:
Summer of First Grade: DRA 18 (J)
Q1: DRA 20 (K))
Q2: DRA 24 (L)
Q3: DRA 28 (M)
Q4: DRA 28 (M) - until October of 3rd Grade
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Seven Keys to Comprehension
Seven Keys to Comprehension
Visualize
Run a “movie” in your head.
Try to make what you read as real as possible. Imagine sensory details (sights, sounds, smells, etc.).
Make connections
CONNECT what you read to
*your own life. (Text to Self)
*another book/movie. (Text to Text)
*something in life. (Text to World)
Ask Questions
Think of the 5 W’s
Who, What, When, Where, & Why
Think of deeper level questions
Make Inferences
Go beyond the words on the page.
Put clues together to figure out things that aren’t even written down.
Draw conclusions, make predictions.
Determine Importance
Have a purpose for reading.
Use publishers’ clues for determining importance: titles, headings, bold print, italics, highlighting, pictures, captions, graphs, ...
Synthesize
Think about what you read.
What does it mean to you?
How does it fit with what you know?
Use Fix-Up Strategies
• Re-read. • Read ahead.
• Ask questions. • Draw inferences.
• Make predictions. • Figure out new words
• Ask for help. • Get a mental image.
• Connect with background • Read captions.
knowledge. • Recheck the purpose
• Inspect pictures & for reading.
other text features. • Take a break, and then
• Read captions. try again
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