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

3. M & M = MAKING MEANING Reading requires thinkingReading requires thinking Thinking = internal dialogueThinking = internal dialogue Internal dialogue = thinking in your headInternal dialogue = thinking in your head

4. MAKING MEANING Text – What the author is telling me Text – What the author is telling me Thinking – What’s going on in my head Text + Thinking = Making Meaning

5. GOOD READERS MONITOR FOR COMPREHENSION As I read……As I read…… I’m thinking...I’m noticing …I’m recalling….I’m wondering … I’m seeing …I’m feeling…I’m connecting... I'm predicting Does what I’m reading make sense?Does what I’m reading make sense? Do I understand what I am reading? What do I do if I don’t understand? What do I do if it doesn’t make sense?

7. GOOD READERS MONITOR FOR COMPREHENSION What do I predict might happen next?What do I predict might happen next? What does the author want me to know (main ideas, reason for writing)What does the author want me to know (main ideas, reason for writing) Can I re-tell what I read, explain it, summarize it and draw conclusions?Can I re-tell what I read, explain it, summarize it and draw conclusions?

8. STRATEGIES FOR GOOD READERS VisualizeVisualize ConnectConnect QuestionQuestion InferInfer Determine mainDetermine main ideas/themes ideas/themes SynthesizeSynthesize

9. DO YOU THINK THIS ARTIST HAD A STRATEGY?

10. VISUALIZING I As 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…

11. CONNECTING I use what I already know to understand what I read. It reminds me of … because…It reminds me of … because… It reminds me of the time I... because.It reminds me of the time I... because. It reminds me of when I read….becauseIt reminds me of when I read….because It reminds me of something I heard about because...It reminds me of something I heard about because... I have a connection!I have a connection!

12. QUESTIONING 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, when, how….Who, what why, when, how….

13. INFERRING When the author doesn't answer my questions I must infer... 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...

14. SYNTHESIZING I combine what I already know with new information I read, to 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...

15. DETERMING MAIN IDEAS I understand the main ideas of the text and what the author's message is. –The text was mainly about... –The author is trying to tell us that... us that... – I learned... –The important details were...

16. THINKTHINKTHINKTHINK

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