The document outlines strategies for understanding nonfiction texts, including predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing. It emphasizes using clues from titles, headings, and illustrations to make predictions, and suggests various types of questions that can enhance reading comprehension. The section on summarizing highlights the importance of focusing on the central idea, author’s purpose, and maintaining a logical order while keeping summaries concise.

1. Nonfiction
Clarifying
Nonfiction
Predicting
Nonfiction
Questioning
Nonfiction
Summarizing
Adapted from Reciprocal Teaching At
Work by Lori D. Oczkus, 2010

2. Strategy Frame
I didn’t understand the part ____, so
I_____.
I couldn’t figure out _____, so I
________.
Strategy Frames
 I think _____ because_______.
 I’ll bet______ because_______.
 I think I will learn______ because
_______.
 I predict _______ because
_______.
Nonfiction: Predicting
 Preview: Use THIEVES
 Predict what is likely to be
learned based on clues from the
title, headings, illustrations, etc.
 Use your prior knowledge to
help make a prediction.
 Stop to make logical predictions
during reading based on clues
from the text.
Nonfiction: Questioning
 Ask questions that are based on
the text (that is, the answers are
in the text).
 Ask questions that are based on
the central idea of the reading.
 Ask some detail-oriented
questions.
 Ask questions based on features
such as illustration, captions,
charts, etc.
 Ask some inferential questions
(that is, questions that are not
directly answered in the text).
Nonfiction: Clarifying
 Identify words that are difficult.
 Point out confusing parts of the text,
such as sentences, paragraphs, and
sections.
 Tell which fix-up strategies you used
for clarifying words or ideas.
Strategy Frames
In ________ the author _______
the reader about__________.
A key event is when….
This part is about…
Strategy Fames
I wonder
 Who
 What
 When
 Where
 Why
 How
What if…
Why do you think...
Nonfiction: Summarizing
 Keep summary to 3 - 5 sentences.
 Include the central idea.
 Include author’s purpose.
 Leave out unnecessary details.
 Summarize in a logical order.
 Reread margin summaries to
remember main ideas.
 Refer to illustration, headings, and
other text features.
Word strategies Text strategies
 divided and conquered
 sounded out word
 used context clues
 used a dictionary
 asked a friend
 reread
 read ahead
 thought about what I already
know
 looked at the sentence structure
 used context clues
 asked a friend