M&M’s & Reading… M&M’s & Reading… What’s the Connection?What’s the Connection?

M & M = M & M = MAKING MEANINGMAKING MEANING• Reading requires thinking Reading requires thinking

• Thinking = internal dialogue Thinking = internal dialogue

• Internal dialogue = thinking in Internal dialogue = thinking in your headyour head

MAKING MEANINGMAKING MEANING

••Text – What the author is Text – What the author is telling metelling me

••Thinking – What’s going on in my Thinking – What’s going on in my headhead

Text + Thinking = Text + Thinking = Making Making MeaningMeaning

GOOD READERS MONITOR FOR GOOD READERS MONITOR FOR COMPREHENSIONCOMPREHENSION

• As I read……As I read……

I’m thinking...I’m noticing …I’m I’m thinking...I’m noticing …I’m recalling….I’m wondering …recalling….I’m wondering …

I’m seeing …I’m feeling…I’m I’m seeing …I’m feeling…I’m connecting... I'm predictingconnecting... I'm predicting

• Does what I’m reading make sense?Does what I’m reading make sense?

••Do I understand what I am reading?Do I understand what I am reading?

••What do I do if I don’t understand?What do I do if I don’t understand?

••What do I do if it doesn’t make What do I do if it doesn’t make sense?sense?

GOOD READERS MONITOR FOR GOOD READERS MONITOR FOR COMPREHENSIONCOMPREHENSION

• What do I predict might happen What do I predict might happen next?next?

• What does the author want me to What does the author want me to know (main ideas, reason for writing)know (main ideas, reason for writing)

• Can I re-tell what I read, explain it, Can I re-tell what I read, explain it, summarize it and draw conclusions?summarize it and draw conclusions?

STRATEGIES FOR GOOD STRATEGIES FOR GOOD READERSREADERS

• VisualizeVisualize• Connect Connect • QuestionQuestion• InferInfer• Determine main Determine main

ideas/themesideas/themes• SynthesizeSynthesize

DO YOU THINK THIS ARTIST DO YOU THINK THIS ARTIST HAD A STRATEGY?HAD A STRATEGY?

VISUALIZINGVISUALIZING

IIAs I read, I can create pictures in my mind..

•I’m picturing…•I can imagine…•I can feel…•I can taste…•I can touch…•I can hear…•I can smell…

CONNECTINGCONNECTING

I use what I already know to I use what I already know to understand what I read.understand what I read.

• It reminds me of … because… It reminds me of … because… • It reminds me of the time I ... It reminds me of the time I ...

because .because .• It reminds me of when I It reminds me of when I

read….because read….because • It reminds me of something I heard It reminds me of something I heard

about because ... about because ... • I have a connection!I have a connection!

QUESTIONINGQUESTIONING

• I wonder …I wonder …• • How could …How could …• • What if …What if …• • Why …Why …• • I don’t understand…I don’t understand…• • It confused me …..It confused me …..• Who, what why, Who, what why,

when, how….when, how….

INFERRINGINFERRINGWhen the author doesn't answer When the author doesn't answer

my questions I must my questions I must inferinfer......

•Maybe... Maybe... •I think... I think... •It could be ... It could be ... •It's because...It's because...•Perhaps... Perhaps... •It might mean ... It might mean ... •I'm guessing...I'm guessing...

SYNTHESIZINGSYNTHESIZING

I combine what I already know with I combine what I already know with new information I read, to new information I read, to understand the text.understand the text.

• Now I get it!... Now I get it!... • This makes me think of... This makes me think of... • I learned that ... I learned that ... • I understand this because...I understand this because...

DETERMING MAIN IDEASDETERMING MAIN IDEAS

I understand the main ideas of the text I understand the main ideas of the text and what the author's message is.and what the author's message is.

–The text was mainly about... The text was mainly about... –The author is trying to tellThe author is trying to tell

us that...us that...– I learned...I learned...–The important details were...The important details were...

THINKTHINKTHINKTHITHINKTHINKTHINKTHINKNK

WHAT’S NEXT?WHAT’S NEXT?• Small Group Reading Comprehension PacketsSmall Group Reading Comprehension Packets• iPad Reading Comprehension GamesiPad Reading Comprehension Games

– http://www.funenglishgames.com/readinggames/http://www.funenglishgames.com/readinggames/dictionary.htmldictionary.html• Maps and directionsMaps and directions• Using a dictionaryUsing a dictionary• Non-fiction booksNon-fiction books

– http://www.pspb.org/blueribbon/interactives.htmlhttp://www.pspb.org/blueribbon/interactives.html• Questioning CubeQuestioning Cube• Making ConnectionsMaking Connections• Detectives NotebookDetectives Notebook