Strategy 7: Provide opportunities for students to demonstrate critical thinking skills and understanding of content
What to Do
Before reading the story (introduction)
- What do you think will happen?
- Predict what will happen next
- Preview vocabulary
- Link to prior knowledge
During reading of the story
- What just happened?
- Why did characters do that?
- Why did that happen?
- Sequencing
- Predicting
- Story maps/character maps
- Answering "Wh" questions
- Problem solving
- Venn Diagrams/T-charts
- Identifying theme
- Making connections through Text to text; text to self; text to world
After reading the story
- Draw conclusions
- Retell story
- Change ending
- Problem solving
- Book Reviews
Things to Consider
- Have you collaborated with your Assistive Technology team to evaluate for the best tools for your student?
- For students who use symbols (object or picture) are you adding the text to the symbols so everyone refers to them consistently?
- For students who have limited physical abilities have you determined the best response mode, found the appropriate assistive technology that allows student involvement?