Thinking+Strategies

** Thinking Strategies I-READ...I UNDERSTAND **

**Yearlong __Thinking Strategies__ INQUIRY QUESTION:** **How does my thinking help me to understand?**

 How is this thinking helping you to understand more deeply? || Metacognition - ||
 * WHY do __I__ read? || SETTING a PURPOSE ||  ||
 * What am __I__ thinking while I’m reading? || METACOGNITION - What have you learned about how you think about your reading?
 * ||  || Problem Solving ||
 * How do __I__ activate, use, and build schema? || CONNECTIONS to self, text, and the world || Schema ||
 * What questions do __I__ have before, during and after reading? || QUESTION stems || Questioning ||
 * How do __I__ make meaningful conjectures? || INFERRING based upon schema and textual evidence || Drawing Inferences ||
 * How do __I__ make meaningful predictions? || PREDICTIONS that I confirm or deny when I find the answer || Predictions ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 11.7px;">To summarize, how do __I__ decide what are the most important details and the main idea? || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 11.7px;">DETERMINING IMPORTANCE || Determining Importance ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 11.7px;">How does my thinking change as __I__ read and why is that important? || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 11.7px;">SYNTHESIZE ideas and information || Synthesizing ||
 * ||  || Sensory Imagery ||

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px; text-align: center;">**Yearlong __Outcomes of Understanding__ INQUIRY QUESTION:** <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16.9px; text-align: center;">**What does reading do for me?**
 * monitor for meaning **
 * problem solve **
 * activate, use and build schema **
 * ask questions **
 * draw inferences **
 * create sensory images **
 * determine importance **
 * synthesize information and ideas **


 * Insight for Ready and Writing
 * Empathy
 * Confidence
 * Sense of Aesthetic
 * Desire to Advocate
 * Increase in Cognitive Stamina
 * Clear Recollection and Intent to Reapply
 * Others...

Visit this site [|www.reading.org] and practice your reading strategy skills

Strategies that Work - Fountas and Pinell Mosaic of Thought - Ellen Keene Krista McDaniel: former Littleton Public Schools Literacy Coach Lauri Hamill - Littleton Public Schools: inspiration, motivation and master teacher
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