Applying Good Reader Strategies

Which reading strategy would you use when reading this passage:

As soon as she arrived at grandmother's house, Jessica ran into her bedroom to look at the blue quilt. It covered her grandmother's bed and was Jessica's favorite. It had patches of dark blue, medium blue, and light blue, with pictures of birds and flowers on every other patch. Jessica liked to take naps with the quilt wrapped around her. She loved the way it felt so soft and warm against her skin. Whenever she was visiting grandma, just looking at the quilt made Jessica happy.

• Summarize

• Vidualize

• Infer

• Make predictions

It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now.

What strategy would you be using after reading this passage, if you understand how Peter felt?

• Self-Monitor

• Ask questions

• Summarize

• Make connections

"During colonial days there were no bathtubs or showers in the houses. They were not missed, however. Many people of that time never thought of taking a bath. Most people thought that water caused many diseases. Only the hands and face were washed, and that wasn't often."

After reading this, you might think that people today take more baths than people of colonial day.

The reading strategy you would be using is:

• Infer

• Summarize

• Visualize

• Reread

When I stumble upon an underlined word that I do not know the meaning to, I should −

• Use context clues from the sentences around the word
• Come up with a definition that I think maybe fits in the sentence

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

When characters and events remind me of things in my life, I am  

• Making Predictions
• Making Connections to Self
• Summarizing
• Inferring

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CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

The little mongrel was a feisty little pup. No one knew where he came from or who he belonged to, but the boy knew he was going to become part of his family. From the beginning the boy and this pup were best friends, until the accident.

If you are thinking about what will happen next in the passage, you are:

• Questioning

• Summarizing the story

• Predicting the future

• Connecting to self

There is a child sleeping upstairs quietly, when all of a sudden there is a loud "THUMP!"  We can infer that 

• the child continued to sleep calmly
• the child fell out of bed
• the child was eating a bag of chips
• the child was reading a book

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

When you ask questions while reading it helps you 

• make a choice
• remind you of your life
• dig deeper into the story

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Good readers monitor their understanding of a text by doing all of the following except

• recognizing important details in the text.

• recognizing the use of figurative language.

• noting the illustrations to help make sense of the text.

• skipping anything that is difficult to understand.

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following would be the least helpful once you realize you do not fully understand what you are reading?

• Try to write down notes and ideas about the text.

• Keep reading.

• Look up unknown words.

• Ask questions.

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CCSS.RF.3.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.3A