In one word, describe how you feel when you read something difficult?
Do you experience test anxiety
Take notes while reading to stay focused and remember key points. Break down long passages into smaller chunks to make comprehension easier. Write summaries to review and reinforce your understanding.
Reading Strategies for 8th Graders
Research shows that silent reading of fiction can help improve students' ability to understand characters’ emotions. Studies have shown that students who take more time to read more slowly and carefully understand more of the material than those who read quickly. Reading aloud is a great way to help students to improve their pronunciation and fluency with language. Putting subtitles on while watching T.V. helps reading.
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Work together in pairs: What are some ways you can use context clues to help you understand the meaning of an unfamiliar word while reading?
Brain break: Draw a pancake eating a stack of pancakes
What is the purpose of predicting when you read?
- To guess what will happen next in the story
- To summarize what you've read so far
- To identify new vocabulary words
What is the purpose of visualizing when you read?
- To create images in your mind that help you understand the text better
- To underline important details in the text
- To make connections with other texts
What is the purpose of questioning when reading?
- To ask yourself questions to help clarify and deepen your understanding of a text
- To identify new vocabulary words
- To summarize what you've read so far
What does it mean to make connections while reading?
- Relating something from your own life or another book, movie, TV show or experience to what you are reading.
- Predicting what might happen next
- Visualizing characters and settings
Work together in pairs: What is one reading strategy that you have learned today that you think will help you in the future?