THIEVES

Becoming T.H.I.E.V.E.S.

• A strategy to steal information before reading it
• Helps you find the right information quickly
• connect to prior knowledge
• anticipate the content (hook)
• focus on the topic
• Title (questions to ask yourself)
• What do I already know about this topic?
• What will I be reading about?
• Can I connect to that?
• What does it relate to in class?
• Is it fact or opinion?   
• Headings
• Tells me what I will be reading about
• How does it connect with the title
• How can I turn the heading into a question?
• Introduction
• First page / first paragraph
• Summarize the main idea
• Look for BOLD words, headings, questions, terms, or background information.
• Every First Sentence
• What does the sentence mean to what I'm reading?
• How does it connect to the heading?
• How can I turn it into a question?
• Visuals and Vocabulary
• Looking for pictures, maps, charts, or graphs for quick accurate information.
• Does the chapter contain any key words?
• End of chapter/section
• What do the questions ask?
• What do they find important?
• What do we learn from the questions?
• Preview the questions
• Summary
• What do i remember?
• Understanding the information given.