Pre reading strategies

Pre-Reading Strategies

RICA

Identify Characters and SettingActivate Schema

bull Garrett and Chelsea went to a movie Tickets were $425 each

bull How much change did Garrett receive if he paid for both tickets with a $10 bill

bull 1048708Who are the characters

bull 1048708What is the settingbull 1048708Activating the

buyinggetting change schema

Identify Main Idea Implied Main Idea Supporting Details

bull The main idea of math problem can be thought of as the skill to solve it

bull Students often need to use the information in the details (facts)to make an inference

bull Example Liam is replacing the tiles in his foyer He is using 1 square foot tiles The entry is 6 feet by 6 feet How many tiles does he need for the foyer (area problem)

Make an Inference or Draw a Conclusion

bull Math problems often need more than what is explicitly written

bull Example Samantha and 3 friends went to Pizza Palace They all chose the buffet combo meal for lunch Each buffet combo meal is $450 How much did they pay for lunch

bull $1350 No There are 4 people

Reading Rate and Metacognition

bull Adjust reading rate for your purpose

bull Rereading is a good strategy of a good reader

bull Think aloud or self talk

Adjusting Reading Rate

bull Reading is not a race to ldquoThe Endrdquobull Teach adjusting rate explicitlybull Model model modelbull Analogy ndash Touristndash Detectivendash Reviewer

DRTA-Directed Reading-Thinking Activity

bull Steps of DRTA

1Make prediction from title clues2Make predictions from picture clues3Read the material4Assess the accuracy of the predictions Make adjustments and continue for longer reading tasks

DRTA-Directed Reading-Thinking Activity

bull Predict from the title

bull Predict from the pictures graphics

PreviewSurvey

bull Itrsquos like a picture walk or book walkhellip

bull It activates prior knowledge

bull It helps the reader set the purpose for reading

Without a PreviewSurvey

With PreviewSurvey

Reaction Guides

bull Teacher creates 3 to 7 statements about the material hitting key concepts

bull Students read the statements and respond-yesno truefalse agreedisagree etc

bull ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo is not acceptablebull Students share and discussbull Read material Revisit statementshellipProve it

Sample Reaction Guide

From Hersheyrsquos Weights and Measures__ 1 A mile is more than 12000 Hersheyrsquos Milk Chocolate bars with almonds long__ 2 An almond weighs about a gram__ 3 A miniature candy bar is about an inch each__ 4 One Reesersquos piece is about a centimeter

Mysterious Possibilities

bull Teacher selects ldquomysteriousrdquo itemndashobject photo picture etc

bull Teacher shares item with classhellipbull Students are asked to solve the mystery by

brainstorming and predicting the connection between topic and item

bull Teacher generates list springboards to lesson

Webbing or Clustering

bull Common strategyWhat do we knowWhat predictions do we haveWhat connections can we makeWhat questions do we have

bull Also used during and after reading

Story Impressionsbull Story Chain

Pythagoras Greek 650 PropertyRight trianglesHypotenuseLegsAreaSquareSum

bull Story Prediction

Pythagoras was a Greek mathematician who lived in 650 BC He is credited with discovering the property of right triangles The hypotenuse is the longest side of a right triangle the other two sides are called legs What makes his Pythagorean Theorem so cool is the area of a square drawn on the hypotenuse equals the sum of the area of the two squares drawn on the legs

Problematic Perspectives

You recently acquired a job with Alaska Air in their European division You are excited and ready to prove your abilities The first task you are assigned is to determine the average speed of a new plane which might be brought into the line It took 2 frac12 hours in its test flight which covered 1280 kilometers Is its average speed better or worse than the planes already used which fly 2500 kilometers in 3 hours

What will you do first 2nd 3rd Later Why What will your reportrsquos conclusion be

Prediction GuideDirections Put a check under ldquoLikelyrdquo if you believe that the statement has any

mathematical truth Put a check under ldquoUnlikelyrdquo if you believe it has no mathematical truth Be ready to explain your choices

Likely UnlikelyTrigonometry deals with circlesAngles have little importance in trigonometrySailors use trigonometry in navigationAngles can be measured only in degreesCalculators are useless in trigonometryTrigonometry deals with trianglesTrigonometry has no application in the real worldRadians are used in measuring central anglesTrigonometry has scientific usesRadians can be converted to degrees