1.+Before+Reading

=Before Reading Strategies=
 * Text:** //Seven Practices for Effective Learning//[[file:sevenpracticesforeffectivelearning.pdf]]

-are sometimes known as frontloading -activate background knowledge -connect new to known -are interactive in nature, which allows for students in the know to share with students who are not in the know -can be used as formative assessment for teachers -increase motivation to learn -foster strategic reading and metacognition (thinking about thinking)
 * Before Reading Strategies:**

Anticipation Guide: [|The Greece Central School Disctrict Literacy Website: Anticipation Guides] [|AdLit.org: Anticipation Guide]
 * Before Reading Strategies** //(click on the link for details about how to use the strategy)//**:**

Semantic Mapping: [|AdLit.org: Semantic Mapping] [|Learning Point Associates: Semantic Mapping]

//Anticipation Guide// [|The Scarlett Letter Digital Anticipation Guide] Anticipation Guide [|SAT Anctipation Guide.pdf] Anticipation Guide [|Fungi Ant Guide.pdf]
 * Examples** **of Before Reading Strategies:**

//Semantic Map// Whale Semantic Map Develop a semantic map using [|bubbl.us] This website provides free online brainstorming, like Inspiration, but free. Click on the link to try it out.

Create an anticipation guide for //Seven Practices for Effective Learning// article we worked with this morning. Post your anticipation guide on your team's wikispace page.
 * Practice:**

or

Pretend you haven't read the article //Seven Practices.// Make a semantic map with the words "Practices for Effective Learning" at the center (try bubbl.us). What are the practices you think of? Post your reponses to your team wikispace page.

Go to your team's wikispace page to post answers to the prompts provided.
 * Reflection:**