Reading Strategies

Look for familiar spelling, patterns, and word parts to help you understand unknown words.

• visualize

• reread

• decode

Stop and think about what may happen next

• prediction

• adjust reading speed

• read ahead

Pay attention to descriptive details and create pictures in your mind

• self question

• visualize

• Connect

Ask yourself questions while you are reading (I wonder?)

• predict

• reread

• Self Question

Explain main things that happen

• summarize

• read ahead

• use context clues

If you don't understand something, keep reading!

• reread

• read ahead

• use format-headings

If something doesn't make sense, read again to clarify

• adjust reading rate

• expression

• reread for sense

Use words around an unfamiliar work to help it make sense

• use format-headings

• adjust reading rate

• use context clues

Look at headings and sub-headings to help you understand what the article is about before you start reading it

• make an inference

• use format-headings

• connect

Go slow!!!

• adjust reading rate

• expression

• use format-headings