Reading Strategies and Metacognition

Vocabulary flashcards covering the key reading strategies and related concepts discussed in the lecture notes.

Metacognition

Thinking about how you think; awareness and understanding of one’s own mental processes while reading.

Reading Strategies

Habits or techniques good readers use to understand, connect to, and determine the importance of a text.

Make Connections

A strategy where readers link the text to their own experiences, other texts, or real-world events to deepen comprehension.

Text-to-Self Connection

Relating events or ideas in a text to personal experiences in one’s own life.

Text-to-Text Connection

Comparing the current text to another book, movie, TV show, or any other text.

Text-to-World Connection

Linking information in the text to real-world events, issues, or situations.

Ask Questions

Actively formulating questions before, during, and after reading to stay focused and clarify understanding.

Determine Importance

Selecting the most significant ideas or details in a text, often those a teacher might test or the author hints are crucial.

Infer

Drawing logical conclusions about information that is implied but not directly stated in the text.

Predict

Making educated guesses about what will happen next in a text based on clues the author provides.

Visualize

Creating mental images of scenes, characters, or concepts described in a text by focusing on sensory details.

Synthesize

Combining new information from a text with prior knowledge to form a fresh understanding or insight.

Fix-Up Strategies

Techniques used to repair comprehension when reading becomes difficult, such as re-reading or using a dictionary.

Re-reading

A fix-up strategy where a reader reads a passage again to clarify meaning or reinforce understanding.

Using a Dictionary

Looking up unfamiliar words to resolve vocabulary obstacles and improve comprehension.

Reading Aloud

A fix-up strategy that involves vocalizing the text to enhance focus and comprehension.

Sensory Details

Descriptive elements in a text that appeal to sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, or emotion, aiding visualization.

Prior Knowledge

Information and experiences a reader already possesses, which are combined with new text information during synthesis.