https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8 Out of the 7 most common reading strategies, which one would you consider your strength? Which one would you consider your weakness or area of growth, why? 7 Strategies: Activating and Using Background Knowledge, Generating and Asking Questions, Making Inferences, Prediction, Summarizing, Visualizing, Comprehension Monitoring en-us 2021-04-30 06:11:34 UTC 2025-12-17 19:40:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481445045 Strength: Summarizing -  I am an information getter, so I naturally throw away the extra words I feel I don't need while reading.  This helps me grasp and retain the most important information and creates a summary in my head.

Weakness: Visualizing - I generally have a hard time creating a picture in my head which is accurate. ]]> 2021-05-01 22:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481445045 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481449383 Generating and Asking Questions is a strength of mine.  When reading I am constantly asking questions about what I am reading.  It helps me to get the overall main idea and continue to wonder about what I have read.  It also helps me to create a connection with what I am reading.

Comprehension Monitoring would be my weakness. I just don't practice it as much as I do with other reading strategies so it would be the lowest on my list. ]]> 2021-05-01 22:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481449383 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481453232 I am very good at visualizing every time that I have to read a book and usually I always look up the words that are unfamiliar to my vocabulary my weakness sometimes is summarizing the information since English is my second language but I am getting better at it. ]]> 2021-05-01 22:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481453232 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481468487 I would say that my reading strategy strength would be activity and using background knowledge. I am always trying to see how I can relate what I am reading back to myself, or my practice. I always try to draw from my experiences to help me understand new ideas. One area of weakness for me would be visualizing. I sometimes have a hard time seeing a strategy or something in my head. ]]> 2021-05-01 22:36:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481468487 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481472498 I think my best strategy is visualizing. It was one thing that made me stick with certain series or authors because of how I could picture what was happening in the story especially in fiction text

I think my weakest strategy is comprehension monitoring. I know that when I struggle with difficult or long text, I find myself re-reading continuously but unsure of what exactly I missed. Sometimes I will also skip entire sections because I know they will be problematic or not worth the effort to slow down and understand what is being said. ]]> 2021-05-01 22:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481472498 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481481959 My strength is making inferences. I am always trying to draw conclusions from the text and make meaning of what I've read. My weakness would be generating and asking questions. I need to practice this more as I am reading in order to really focus on the most important information in a text. ]]> 2021-05-01 22:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481481959 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481485281 Visualizing is my greatest streingth. When I read or am read to I always play the story out like a movie in my mind. I need to work on generating questions. Sometimes someone will ask a question about a text and I'll think thatI was confused about that part too, but didn't think to ask.]]> 2021-05-01 23:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481485281 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481485430 I have a knack for generating and asking questions well. Cultivating curiosity is a value of mine, and I'm passionate about exploration of ideas.
A weakness is activating and using background knowledge. Not having the proper training meant my background knowledge is not as good as it should be. I should've paid more attention in my own schooling!]]> 2021-05-01 23:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481485430 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481515031 I think my greatest strength when it comes to reading is generating and asking questions. It helps me organize my thoughts about what I'm reading, and focus my reading. My biggest weakness is visualization. When I try to picture in my mind what is going on, the picture tube doesn't work. Not that I can't understand what I read, but I seriously cannot picture it. ]]> 2021-05-01 23:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1481515031 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1489306108 I believe my greatest strength is making inferences. I have always been good at reading and taking context clues to define meaning and find information that is not explicitly expressed. Generating and asking questions is a weakness for me. I know I do not ask myself questions as I read but rather just go with the flow of the text instead of questioning comprehension.]]> 2021-05-04 12:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1489306108 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1496038891 I consider my biggest strength to be generating and asking questions because I often have a purpose(s) for reading a text and I generate relevant questions that I expect getting the answers to them would meet my purpose(s) for reading a text.  Also, as I'm reading, from time to time, I think about whether any of my questions were answered or are still relevant.  Then, when necessary, I eliminate, add more or revise my relevant questions.

I consider my biggest weakness to be predicting because my experiences with doing that reveal to me that my predictions are wrong many times.  Many times, I begin to read a text that doesn't seem that much similar to texts that I've read before or that I have an immense amount of background knowledge about, so I don't generate important predictions about what this text is going to say.  And also many times, when I do attempt to make predictions, I discover that they are likely to be or are confirmed to be wrong in the process of reading.]]> 2021-05-05 23:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1496038891 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1496681519 Out of the 7 reading strategies, I feel that my greatest strength is in Summarizing. In order for me to better comprehend texts, I consistently think back and summarize what I have just read. An area of growth I need to work on is generating and asking questions. I like to summarize, but at times I have a harder time asking questions about the text. 

]]> 2021-05-06 04:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1496681519 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1569659468 I would consider Activating and using Background Knowledge as my greatest strength. I am an avid reader, and I find that the more that I learn about a given topic, the easier it is to understand the context and therefore have a more complete understanding of what I'm reading.

I would consider my greatest weakness to be Visualizing. I'm not a particularly visual learner, and I find that I often struggle with visualizing a concept, even if it's a concept that I have past experience with.]]> 2021-05-28 20:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1569659468 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1570804979 I would say I am pretty strong in Comprehension Monitoring.  I have to spend a bit more time when I do this but it's so important for me to feel like I understand what I just read.  Otherwise, what's the point.

I think I am weaker at visualizing.    This would definitely hold true in Math.  It's harder for me to see math in the written word than a visual.

]]> 2021-05-29 20:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1570804979 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1583690796 My strength is generating and asking questions. While reading aloud, it comes naturally to me to pause and ask questions about the book to my students. 

My weakness is making predictions. I don't like to be incorrect, so I don't typically like to share my predictions with others if I don't know it will be right (and I've found that this is often true with my students as well).]]> 2021-06-03 20:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1583690796 https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1588393931 My strength would be prediction. I really like to read fiction and nonfiction novels and I think when reading a good book it is natural to wonder what's next or what will be the outcome. 

My weakness would be summarizing. I think I do well as summarizing books I like to someone but when it comes to summarizing texts or articles I think I add too much. I'm afraid of leaving important details out so I end up making them too lengthy. ]]> 2021-06-06 22:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ESDU1/t2l5phcrh9mva2u8/wish/1588393931