Pre-Reading

Pre-reading activities or strategies are those that help engage and hook readers into a text. Pre-reading activities or strategies should allow students to:


Set a purpose for reading

Activate prior knowledge

Preview/Skim text

Make predictions (question)

Notice Key Words

Ask Questions


Several pre-reading strategies are linked below. The instructions are attached and many of them also have graphic organizers for students. If you need any assistance using these strategies do not hesitate to reach out to Crystal Parten at: cparten@csraresa.org

Read Around the Text

Read Around the Text

Preview and Skim Text

Ask Questions

Set a Purpose for Reading

G.O. See Think Wonder

I See, I Think, I Wonder

Activate Prior Knowledge

Make Predictions

QUOTATION MINGLE INSTRUCTIONS.docx

Quotation Mingle

Ask Questions

Preview Text

Make Predictions

Quote Mingle Guide

Quotation Mingle Guide

Ask Questions

Preview Text

Make Predictions

Question Formulation Technique Instructions

Question Formulation Technique

Ask Questions

Set a Purpose for Reading

Title Brainstorming

Title Brainstorming

Make Predictions

1 H - SQ3RW 2011 Black and White.pdf

SQ3RW

Preview and Skim Text

Ask Questions

Set a Purpose for Reading

The Four P’s

The Four P's

Activate Prior Knowledge

Make Predictions

Preview and Skim Text

Listen Think Respond Reading Pearl Harbor.docx

Listen, Think, Respond with SS Example and G.O.

Previewing Text

Making Predictions

Setting a Purpose for Reading

Activating Prior Knowledge

Notice Key Words

HS Listen, Think, Respond Science HS - Google Docs.pdf

Listen, Think, Respond with Science Example and G.O.

Previewing Text

Making Predictions

Setting a Purpose for Reading

Activating Prior Knowledge

Notice Key Words

Parten - Collaborative Frayer Model

Frayer Model

Notice Key Words

Preview text


Multisensory Vocabulary Card

Multisensory Vocabulary

Notice Key Words

Preview Text

KWL Graphic Organizer

K-W-L

Activate Prior Knowledge

Ask Questions

Set a Purpose for Reading