Reading Strategy and Skill

Middle School Implementation Calendar

Before and During Strategies

Targeted Skills

For every text

Predict and Infer

Visualize

Predict and Infer

Interpret Vocabulary

First Trimester

Sept.

4 P’s: Purpose, Preview

Prior Knowledge, and Predict

Determine Importance

Theme/Main Idea and

Details

Oct.

Monitor Comprehension/

Use Fix-Up Strategies

Make Connections:

Text-to-Self, Text-to

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Text

Summarize

Apply Literary Elements

Nov.

Informational Text Features

Make Connections:

Text-to-Self, Text-to

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Text

Summarize

Apply Informational Text

Features

Second Trimester

Dec.

Ask Questions

Analyze Author’s

Purpose/Beliefs

Jan.

Make Connections:

Within and Between Texts

Compare/Contrast

Feb.

Make Connections:

Within Texts

Make Connections &

Cause/Effect

Third Trimester

Mar.

Make Connections:

Text-to-World

Evaluate Reasoning

Extend Information

Beyond Text

Apr.

Review

Determining Importance

Review

Summarize

May

Review

Ask Questions

Review

Author’s Purpose/Beliefs

Evaluate Reasoning

Extend Thinking