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This is a useful strategy that can be used after a read-aloud above when all students have a shared experience in listening to a text.

The same attention to text structure can be applied in reading literary works that use a story structure.

Ask questions that allow them to put those skills to practice.

The four R's have students read the material, reflect on what has just been read, recite the major points to help learn better, and then return to the material and see if you can answer the questions previously asked.

What are you supposed to get out of it? Strategize your approach: read the introduction and conclusion, then go back and read the whole assignment, or read the first line in every paragraph to get an idea of how the ideas progress, then go back and read from the beginning.

Determining the purpose of a text;• You can speak in a loud silly voice.

Brain dump: write down everything you remember from the reading in 5 minutes.

Ask the children what they think the title means.

While reading Keeping your brain active and engaged while you read decreases distractions, mind-wandering, and confusion.

After you preview, predict what the section or chapter will be about and what the main concepts are going to be.