Strategies Test
Building knowledge
o Making connections
· Predicting & Inferring
· Questioning
· Summarizing
o Retelling
o Synthesizing
· Monitoring (Click & Clunk)
o Purpose setting
o Visualizing
· Evaluating
Know how the TEKS categorizes the strategies (Strand 2)
Types of teacher questions
· Instructional scaffolding: “model of explicit instructions”
o GRR
· Prompting
· Cooperative learning
o Different ways to group students
· Think aloud vs modeling
· Reading aloud methods
· Ways to respond through writing
· Anchor charts
o What are they for?
o How do you use them (the best way?)
· Semantic maps (graphic organizer, visual aids, concept maps, etc.)
o Know their purposes (matching to strategy)
o Modes (pre-made, foldables, sticky notes, digital, hand drawn)
o Some semantic maps specific to informational and literary texts