Reading Skills

Keep your brain busy by wondering about things as you read. "I wonder ... . I'll be looking for the answer to that."

• Make Connections

• Ask Questions

• Visualize

• Identify the Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.RF 4.3.A

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

Trim the text down to a handful of main points.

• Fluency

• Context Clues

• Summarize

• Reread for Clarity

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RI.6.10

Using clues in the text to figure out an unknown word.

• Context Clues

• Reread for Clarity

• Make Predictions

• Ask Questions

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Combine what you already know with clues in the text to arrive at a deeper meaning. It's like "reading between the lines."

• Reread for Clarity

• Identify the Main Idea

• Make Inferences

• Visualize

Tags

CCSS.RF 4.3.A

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4B

CCSS.RL.7.10

"How does this text remind me of myself, another text, or the world?"

• Fluency

• Summarize

• Make Predictions

• Make Connections

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Make a movie in your mind to match what you are reading.

• Reread for Clarity

• Visualize

• Make Inferences

• Identify the Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RI.6.10

"I need to read this text again because I didn't understand it the first time."

• Make Connections

• Make Predictions

• Reread for Clarity

• Summarize

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RL.6.10

Make a guess about what's going to happen in a story. Then keep reading and check to see if you were right.

• Make Predictions

• Make Connections

• Reread for Clarity

• Context Clues

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

Reading the way I speak (smoothly, with expression) so I can understand what I'm reading.

• Summarize

• Reread for Clarity

• Fluency

• Visualize

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

"What is this mostly about?"

• Identify the Main Idea

• Context Clues

• Make Inferences

• Ask Questions

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1