Reading Strategies to Monitor Comprehension

​Reading Strategies

What are some reading stategis

1. Preview the text

2. Activate background knowledge and make connections

3. ASK QUESTIONS to monitor comprehension

4. Visualize

5. Make predictions and inferences ​

We will talk about what each of these mean today

​Preview the text

​Skim the pages

Look at the images (if there are any)

THINK about what you are about to read!​

Some text here about the topic of discussion

​Activate background knowledge and make connections

​What do you already know???

If it is a fiction story, think about what has already happened in the story

If it is NON fiction (educational), think about what you know already know about the subject

Connect these to the subject that you're about to read ​

Open Ended

If you were about to read an article titled

"Solar System"

what background knowledge do you have that can help you before you read?

​Ask questions to check comprehension

Check your own understanding

​Who?

What?

Where?

When?

How?

Who​

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Open Ended

What are some good questions to ask yourself when you are reading??

What will happen next?

We will find out if these are correct. ​

Predictions

Guessing details that the author did NOT say​.

What is the author not telling us directly?​

a conclusion that you draw based on background knowledge, evidence, and reasoning.​

Inferences:​

​Make inferences and predictions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P3ZgLOy-w8​

Multiple Choice

An inference is...

• a conclusion that you draw based on background knowledge, evidence, and reasoning.

• saying what will or might happen in the future

Multiple Choice

A good example of an inference is...

• In the book 'Ghost', Castle is a fast runner. He must be slim and in shape.

• The book said that Ghost is running on the track team. I think Ghost will end up being the best on the team by the end of the book.