![]() ![]() This helps students understand that we don’t just look at the words on the page we try to really understand everything about it. Be sure to think aloud with every text you read together.You should be looking for and modeling unknown words and context clues, main ideas, inferences, anything confusing or surprising, or anything else that you have wonderings or thoughts about. Have students help you continue to explore the text as you read paragraph by paragraph.What do you think?” Offer an opportunity for students to respond with their predictions and reasons for them. I think we’ll be LEARNING about dolphins today. “I noticed the title says “Dolphin Habitats” and there is a photograph of a dolphin in the ocean. Begin by making predictions about what the text will be about.Pick a text that is on or slightly above students’ reading level. ![]() Here are some easy steps to help you get started with teaching text annotation: By reading a book, article, passage, or poem aloud while showing students the text, the teacher can tell students their thinking out loud as they read. Modeling is one of the best ways teachers can show students HOW to break apart texts to search for deeper meanings. Readers interpret the purpose of the author’s writing and can pose questions as they read. That’s why teaching text annotation is so important! How do I Model Annotating to Students? Thinking about texts and annotating predictions, connections, thoughts, and wonderings while reading helps the reader understand the text.
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