Reading Strategies

Front

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

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Visualize

Front

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

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Infer

Front

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

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Author's Purpose

Front

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

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Question

Front

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

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Evaluate

Front

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

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Make Connections

Front

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

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Fact and Opinion

Front

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

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Cause and Effect

Front

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

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Predict

Front

Let your thinking grow and change as you read.

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Synthesize