Information about the strategy:
The survey strategy and guide is also known as text feature walks. The purpose of the survey strategy and guide is to build students background knowledge about the text they are reading. This strategy is used before the students read the text. Students start at surveying and once they become more proficient they move on to complete a survey strategy guide to keep the students engaged and aware with what they are reading. In primary grades this strategy is known as a picture walk. Once students reach the intermediate grades this strategy involves reviewing text feature such as: text type, main idea, headings and subheadings, and key vocabulary. The survey strategy and guide helps students prepare for what they are about to read and where they are about to head. This strategy can be used in any content area. Teachers have notices once students enter intermediate school they forget to rely on the text features for comprehension. This strategy allows the students to use the text features, which is important for reading comprehension. How this strategy can be used in a classroom: The first way it could be used is with the whole class. The teacher could model for the students and guide them through the text, allowing the students to share their thoughts about what they are about to learn and why they believe this. This allows the teacher to assess which students are using the text features to predict what they are about to learn. This also allows the students a chance to make connections to their prior knowledge when making predictions. The second way this strategy could be used is in small groups. Once the students got a hold on this strategy they could be broken up in small groups to complete the walk through. This allows for all students to get a chance to share their predictions. This way also allows for collaboration, one of the 21st century skills, to be incorporated into the strategy. Writing standard:
There are two writing standards this strategy could fall under. These standards are W2 and W4. W2 is write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. W4 is produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. |
Research:
Studies show when students preview the text in leads to increased reading performance. (Miller, 2011). Studies show that when students use this strategy they make "better quality predictions, anticipate their learning, and comprehend more fully, ensuring better understanding of the content being studied." (Guiding Students, n.d.). Video examples and explanations:
This video explains how to use text feature to connect to your prior knowledge. This video is a great resource because it explains some common mistakes students make and how to handle them.
This video explains how to use text features when reading a non-fiction text. It also explains the different text features you will find in a non-fiction text.
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Sources:
Guiding Students Through Expository Text with Text Feature Walks. (n.d.). Reading Rockets. Retrieved July 22, 2014, from http://www.readingrockets.org/article/52137
Miller, M., & Veatch, N. (2011). Strategies to Increase Comprehension. Literacy in context (LinC): choosing instructional strategies to teach reading in content areas for students grades 5-12 (). Boston: Pearson.
Guiding Students Through Expository Text with Text Feature Walks. (n.d.). Reading Rockets. Retrieved July 22, 2014, from http://www.readingrockets.org/article/52137
Miller, M., & Veatch, N. (2011). Strategies to Increase Comprehension. Literacy in context (LinC): choosing instructional strategies to teach reading in content areas for students grades 5-12 (). Boston: Pearson.