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When you monitor
your reading, you notice whether the words you are saying make
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How can you
monitor your reading?
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Sometimes when
you read a passage,
you may not understand what you've
just read.
 Going back and rereading all
or a
portion of the passage may help
your understanding.
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(example)
The Brickers talked to their
cat. "Socks, you're getting a lot of service
around here," said Mr. Bricker, as he left his studies to get down on
his hands and knees and retrieve the Ping-Pong ball Socks had batted
under the chest of drawers out of reach of his paw.
Suppose you are reading this paragraph in
Socks by Beverly Cleary.
When you finish the paragraph you are confused about what
Mr. Bricker was doing on his hands and knees.
Rereading
the paragraph will help you to understand
that Mr.
Bricker was getting a ball for Socks.
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Sometimes when you read a passage,
you may not understand what all the
words mean.
Look at context clues to help
you
figure out the meaning of
unfamiliar words.
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(example)
The Brickers talked to their
cat. "Socks, you're getting a lot of service
around here," said Mr. Bricker, as he left his studies to get down on
his hands and knees and
retrieve the
Ping-Pong ball Socks had batted
under the chest of drawers out of reach of his paw.
Suppose you are reading this paragraph in
Socks by Beverly Cleary.
You aren't sure of the meaning of the word retrieve.
Look for
clues in the paragraph to help figure out the
meaning.
(clues)
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down on his
hands and knees
* under the chest of drawers
Use the context clues to
look at vocabulary
to figure out
that retrieve means to recover or save.
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How can self-correcting help?
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Sometimes
when you read a passage,
you may misread a word. You notice that the
reading doesn't make sense.
Use the strategies of
rereading
along with
looking at vocabulary
and go back and correct your
reading.
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(example)
The Brickers talked to their
cat. "Socks, you're getting a lot of service
around here," said Mr. Bricker, as he left his studies to get down on
his hands and knees and retrieve the Ping-Pong ball Socks had batted
under the chest of drawers out of reach of his paw.
Suppose you are reading this paragraph in
Socks by Beverly Cleary.
When you read the paragraph you mistakenly say:
"...as he left his studies to get down on his
halls and
knees and
retrieve the Ping-Pong ball..."
You notice
that halls and knees makes no
sense, so
you go
back and
self-correct,
reading it this way:
"...as he left his studies to get down on his
hands
and knees
and retrieve the Ping-Pong ball..."
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 Remember: |
Monitor your reading. |
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for practice.
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