Pre-Reading


 * BACKGROUND ** on the importance of using Pre-Reading Strategies:
 * In a survey of teaching practices, professors specializing in Content Area Literacy ranked the use of pre-reading activities as //most important// for teachers in their efforts to help students learn from content area reading.
 * Regular Pre-reading instruction helps students acquire and refine the skills needed to be strategic, independent learners.
 * Goals of Pre-reading instruction are to:
 * Actively engage students in the process of reading for information (study-type reading)
 * Help students activate prior knowledge so they can make connections to the new information from text
 * Set purpose(s) for reading so that students will be motivated to find answers to purposeful questions as they acquire new knowledge

Anticipation-Reaction Guide Popplet (free iPad app for brainstorming/webbing) Five Step Method Listen-Read-Discuss (L-R-D) Question-Only Cloze Think Aloud Contextual Redefinition ReQuest Procedure Word Scroll Which One Doesn't Belong?
 * PRE-READING STRATEGIES ,** proven to be effective:

[|Before-Reading Ideas from allamericareads.org]
 * ADDITIONAL IDEAS and RESOURCES **: