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=Session 6 - Online=

"**//The words on the page are only half the story. The rest is what you bring to the party."//** ~Toni Morrison

**__Objectives for Session 6__**
 * Participants will identify and practice a variety of before reading, during reading, and after reading strategies.
 * Participants will become familiar with a variety of strategies to develop intrinsic motivation for reading in the content area.

__Due Dates for Session 6__

 * "Reading Strategies Chart" - emailed to Kelly by 10pm on Wednesday, October 6th
 * Post your text and strategies for that text to your student page by 10pm on Saturday, October 9th

**__Part 1 - The Reading Process__**
 * Read the selection entitled "Strategic Teaching" (pages 57-60) in your textbook to set the stage for our work with reading strategies in the next 3 online sessions.
 * Also view the PowerPoint below entitled "The Reading Process" to give you background on why we use reading strategies and the basics of the reading process.



**__Part 2 - Reading Strategies__**

 * Use the reading strategies listed in your textbook (starting on page 69), the websites listed below, and/or other resources you can find to become familiar with a variety of before, during, and after reading strategies that you have __**not**__ used before.
 * Choose 3 of each type of strategy that you've never used before; make sure each strategy would be a good fit for texts in your content area.
 * Complete the Word document below entitled "Reading Strategies Chart," summarizing the 9 strategies you chose and how you could use each strategy in your class. Submit the completed “Reading Strategies Chart” to me in an email at Kelly.Kirby@fcps.orgby 10pm on October 6th.

Before, during and after reading strategies (a great place to start):
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Sites with before reading strategies:
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Sites with during reading strategies:
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**__Part 3 - Strategies in Action__**

 * Choose a **text** for an upcoming lesson in one of your classes and an **objective/indicator** from your curriculum for which you would use that text.
 * Based on what you've learned from this online session, choose a before reading, during reading, and after **reading strategy** that you believe will help students access and understand the text. Begin with the end in mind, so you choose strategies that help students meet the end goal. Every strategy is not a best fit for every text. Choose carefully.
 * Post the text and your strategies to your **student page** on the wikispace. Create the worksheet (or explicit directions) you would give your students for each strategy and make sure this is posted with your text. (They can be separate documents.) This is due posted on your student page by Saturday, October 9th.