Reading Strategies

Make a mental picture or movie in your mind as you read text.

Use what you already know and text clues to understand what the author didn't say.

Preview the text. Set a purpose for reading. Is it a book to enjoy, inform, or persuade.

Ask and answer questions to make sure you understand what you are reading.

Think about the text as a whole and form opinions about what you read.

Connect what you read with world events, personal experiences, or other stories.

Determine if information in a text is factual or based on the author's belief and feelings.

Think about what happened in the text and why it happened.

Use clues from the pictures or text to make a guess about what happens next.

Let your thinking grow and change as you read.