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Understanding Categorization in Reading and Memory Retention

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Categorization plays a crucial role in reading comprehension and memory retention by grouping similar concepts together. As you explore ideas in a story or article, think about the commonalities among different elements. This method aids in recalling significant information! For instance, consider categorizing items based on their uses: storage, musical instruments, or art. Engage in exercises such as creating lists or charts from reading passages to enhance your understanding. Let’s develop our skills together!

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  1. Categorizing

  2. When reading a story or article, it is helpful to categorize information, or notice what certain things have in common.

  3. Categorizing helps you remember important information • As you read: *Think about what things have in common *Think about how you would group things together *Think of a title or label for each group

  4. Let’s read the following paragraph together- Look for things that are alike in some ways. How can you categorize them?

  5. What are the ways you can categorize this reading? Uses in the home- Store grain, scoop water, serve food and drinks Uses as musical instruments- Drums, rattles Uses as works of art- Wall decorations, masks

  6. Your turn: • Read the following passage. Look for ways the information can be categorized. Make a chart or list on your note sheet.

  7. What categories did you come up from the reading of Festivals and Celebrations ?

  8. Just a couple more practices…..

  9. You will get 30 seconds to look at the following words before they will be taken off the screen. After 30 seconds, try to write down as many of the words as you can remember!

  10. History Sharpie Yellow Science Black Math Green Crayon Marker Reading Pen Red Pencil Blue Spanish

  11. Blue Yellow Red Green Black Pen Sharpie Crayon Marker Pencil Math Science Reading History Spanish

  12. Let’s try it again…

  13. Spinach Venison Cheese Beef Banana Blueberry Tomato Yogurt Chicken Milk Broccoli Ice Cream Apple Carrot Pork Butter Cucumber Strawberry Turkey Orange

  14. Apple Orange Banana Strawberry Blueberry Ice Cream Cheese Yogurt Butter Milk Broccoli Carrot Spinach Cucumber Tomato Chicken Beef Pork Venison Turkey

  15. Germany Taco Bell Jordy Nelson Mexico Reggie White Wendy’s Scotland Applebees Aaron Rogers Egypt Charles Woodson Panera Japan Donald Driver Buffalo Wild Wings

  16. Brett Favre Greg Jennings Clay Mathews A.J. Hawk Eddie Lacy Olive Garden Culver’s McDonald’s Texas Road House Arby’s Poland Sweden Russia India Canada