battle plan today!!! sq3r. wait…what is sq3r? here is an overview survey – preview a chapter or...

Battle Plan Today!!!

SQ3R

Wait…What is SQ3R?

Here is an overview

Survey – Preview a chapter or section

Question – Ask yourself questions about what you have read

Read – Read material carefully

Recite – Read what you just read out loud, in your own words. (Pretend you are trying to explain it to a study partner)

Review – Review for main ideas and anything you don’t understand

Look over whole chapter BEFORE reading:

* Skim headings and subheadings* Look at pictures, charts, maps, graphs, and read information under each* Read chapter introduction, new words, and summary* Read chapter questions if any

Survey in detail

* Write down any chapter questions you will need to answer

* Put them aside and answer them later

* List new vocabulary words to define* Be ready for T-notes

* Turn headings into questions* Use chapter questions to help using “who, what, when, where, why and how” words

Question in detail

* Just concentrate on the reading!!

* After each paragraph, ask:* What is the main idea?* What are important details about the main idea?

Read in detail

This is a very important step! After reading each paragraph take a few seconds to think about what you have read:

* Talk out loud* Oral note taking* Highlighting* Underlining

Recite in detail

Review in detail

Try to remember what was in each section of the lesson:

* What were the main points?* Now answer the chapter questions* Define vocabulary