Reading Strategies

When you read, you use strategies. When do you use these strategies?

• Before reading

• During reading

• After reading

Before I read, what strategy do I use most often?

• I set a purpose for my reading (are you reading for information? for fun? for a specific detail?)

• I preview the text (read the title and any headings, read captions, look at pictures)

• I make predictions (I guess what this text will be about)

What does it mean to make predictions?

• to think

• to think about what may happen next based on prior knowledge.

• to ask when, where, why, how, who

When I read the title and any headings, read captions, look at any pictures before reading

• I am previewing the text

• I am viewing the text

• I am reviewing the text

Before I read, if I think about whether I am reading for information, or for fun, or for a specific detail.

• I am setting a table for my reading

• I am setting a purpose for my reading

• I am finishing the book

Asking when, where, why, who, how and other questions to clarify the text is known as...

• drawing conclusions

• summarizing

• inferring

• questioning

During reading, do I...?

• Read things in order, sometimes skimming sections while focusing on others depending on the purpose

• Reread sections when something doesn't make sense or seems important

• Identify the main idea and supporting details

• Check and change predictions

Which of the following are strategies you might use during reading?

• Monitor comprehension and use fix-up strategies

• Visualize what you're reading

• Make connections to other texts, your own life, and the world;

• Make inferences (this means reading between the lines of the text or making educated guesses about the text)

Think about what you already know about the text. Find ways to relate the text to yourself, other texts, and the world around you. 

• Predict
• Visualize
• Clarify
• Connect

Creating mental images of the settings, characters, and events in the text is called __________. 

• Connect
• Visualize
• Clarify
• Evaluate