Practice

Reading Strategies

How to be a better reader

PLAN

• read the Headings

• look at the visuals

• bold face words

• predict

MONITOR

• slow down

• read faster

• re-read

MAKE CONNECTIONS

• Form Ideas similar to your own experience

• real-life connections

VIsualize

• how does it look?

• sound?

• smell?

• feel?

ASK QUESTIONS

• WHO?

• WHAT?

• WHEN?

• WHERE?

• WHY?

• HOW?

Make Inferences

• draw conclusions

• make an educated guess

Synthesize

• What is the big picture?

• What do you think of what you read?

• SUMMARIZE the important ideas

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT Synthesize?

• the big picture

• what you think of the story

• reading slowly/reading quickly

• summarizing

Multiple Choice

Plan by...

• reading the book

• reading the questions

• writing

• looking at visuals

Multiple Select

Make Connections by..

• Using your real-life experiences

• By sleeping all day

Multiple Choice

Which one is NOT part of VISUALIZE?

• smell

• sound

• hear

• think

Multiple Choice

Why do you need to ask questions when reading?

• to be nosey

• to understand

• to criticize the author

Poll

AN INFERENCE

• HELPS YOU MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS

• DRAW CONCLUSIONS