{"id":1628,"date":"2018-06-10T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/?p=1628"},"modified":"2018-06-04T19:47:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T19:47:22","slug":"metacognition-and-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/2018\/06\/10\/metacognition-and-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Metacognition and Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reading in schools takes up more than 80% of the school day. Finding meaning in any text requires us to think about how we think.** We must once again use these four basic elements:<\/p>\n<table class=\"meta\" style=\"width: 565px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 266.517px;\"><strong><u>Plan and Organize<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>skim and preview tasks<\/p>\n<p>breakdown the parts<\/p>\n<p>decide how to proceed<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 246.483px;\"><strong><u>Self-Monitor<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>check your progress<\/p>\n<p>troubleshoot problems<\/p>\n<p>ask for help when truly &#8216;stuck&#8217;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 266.517px;\"><strong><u>Self Reflect<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>assess our strategies<\/p>\n<p>Think-Pair-Share-Compare<\/p>\n<p>with others<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 246.483px;\"><strong><u>Direct Our Own Learning<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>know what we know<\/p>\n<p>know what we need to move<\/p>\n<p>forward<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>In reading we must look also across 5 reading components: pre-read, read, reread, summarize, and evaluate. Our focusing\/questioning strategies may include the following<\/p>\n<p>Pre-Read<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Examine the cover, tile, illustrations, main headings, etc. What the text about?<\/li>\n<li>Understand your purpose. What might you learn from this topic?<\/li>\n<li>What invited you to be curious about this text?<\/li>\n<li>How does it fit into what you already know about this topic?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reading<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are the main ideas in what you are reading?<\/li>\n<li>In fiction who are the main characters, setting, etc.?<\/li>\n<li>In non fiction what is the focus of the author?<\/li>\n<li>What is the author&#8217;s motive in writing this?<\/li>\n<li>What images\/personal movies help you understand this writing?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reread<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What additional information do you find when you\u00a0 reread the text?<\/li>\n<li>What notes\/mind maps\/outlines have you made to help you process the information?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Summarize<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are the most important events\/ideas in what you are reading?<\/li>\n<li>What are the most important why, who, what, when, where, and how?<\/li>\n<li>How clear is the intent or theme of the text?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Evaluate<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why did the author write this selection? Explain your opinion. Back it up with facts \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0from the selection.<\/li>\n<li>For non fiction what is the author&#8217;s source of information? How valid is it?<\/li>\n<li>What are your personal thoughts on the selection?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>** These skills will take time to implement, but with practice they will help students become independent thinkers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading in schools takes up more than 80% of the school day. Finding meaning in any text requires us to think about how we think.** We must once again use these four basic elements: Plan and Organize skim and preview tasks breakdown the parts decide how to proceed Self-Monitor check your progress troubleshoot problems ask\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/2018\/06\/10\/metacognition-and-reading\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[300,301,20,316,22,322,42,315,29,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brain-based-learning","category-classroom-tips","category-engaging-students","category-growth-mindset","category-language-arts","category-metacognition","category-reading","category-stress-busters","category-subject-matter-suggestions","category-thinking-questioning-strategies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1628"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1709,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628\/revisions\/1709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}