Materials: one plain unlined sheet of 8X11 paper, story from a basal

Procedure: Have students take the sheet of paper and
fold it in half 3 times. Students should
then have a paper with 8 squares.

1. Label the first box Scan – for this
box students will scan the pictures
from the story and list 5 pictures
or scenes from the story

2. Label the box next door Predict -
in this box, from looking at the
pictures that they scanned, students
will predict what they think the story
will be about

3. Label the next box Read – in this
box, during reading, students will
write any thoughts they had while
reading the story

4. Label the next box Evaluate – in this
box students will formulate 3 questions
about the story

5. Label the next box Authorize – in this
box students will write whether or not
the story was written to entertain,
inform, persuade, or compare and contrast.

6. Label the next box Details – in this
box the students will write the major
events that took place in the story

7. Label the next box Summary – in this
box the students will write and answer
Who? What? When? Where? Why?

8. Label the next box Summary Statement.
Students will take the information
written in box 7 and produce a summary
statement about the story that was read

Thus you have the acronym S.P.R.E.A.D.S.

I have this posted on a large poster to remind the students what goes where. This has been very successful with my students.

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