What students already know about a given topic that can be used to construct meaning.
An abbreviation for survey, question, read, record, recite, and reflect. This is a textbook reading study strategy that incorporates these six skills to learn more about the text.
A text pattern that clearly outlines the steps in a process or lists the order in which events happened.
A text pattern that shows a challenge and potential resolutions for it.
A teaching idea where students work with a partner to generate questions.
Encouraging students to make connections, ask themselves questions, monitor their own understanding, visualize the text, summarize what they are learning, and evaluate where they are at.
A skill that is used to support critical literacy by encouraging students to question and think about the meaning of a text on a deeper level than just the surface message.
A formula to determine the readability level in books based on the length of the text, the sentence structures, and the vocabulary it contains.
