This Before – During – After (BDA) strategy can be used to help students digest a large amount of information when reading selections from a textbook, article, or website. With this strategy, students make predictions and ask questions before reading, write down key words and ideas during reading, and summarize what they learned after reading. Provided ResourcesBefore During After Guiding Questions and Sentence StartersStandard Three-Column BDA Graphic OrganizerThree-Column BDA Graphic Organizer