Reading Strategies

Reading Comprehension is

• Answering questions

• Reading fluently

• Listening to the teacher while he reads

• Understanding what we read

Comprehension Questions are _________________.

• Questions that check if we understand what we read.

• Questions that see how fluently we read.

• Questions that see if we're listening to the teacher

• Questions that help us read.

Pre-reading Strategies are _______________.

• Things I can do while reading a story or prompt.

• Things I can do before reading a story or prompt.

• Things I can do after reading a story or prompt.

• Things I should do only when I'm confused

Four pre-reading strategies are _________________.

• Preview the authors background, preview the title, preview the subtitles, and google the book

• Read the story, preview the page numbers, preview the subtitles, and preview the margin information

• Preview the pictures, preview the title, preview the subtitles, and preview the margin information

• Google the book, preview the title, preview the subtitles, and preview the margin information

Pre-reading strategies help us

• Understand (or comprehend) what we read

• Read better (fluency)

• Pay attention to the teacher

• With our listening skills

During reading, to help us understand what we're reading we can

• Reflect and check our understanding after each paragraph

• Read the whole paragraph again

• Preview the title

• Study the vocabulary

To make answering comprehension questions easier we can

• Try and read fluently

• Read the questions first so that we read the story or passage with a purpose.

• Ask a friend

• Read the questions after we're done to try and remember

After Reading Strategies include:

• Connecting the story to real life or another story you have read.

• Previewing the title

• Skimming and scanning

• Reflecting after each paragraph

After Reading Strategies include:

• Preview the vocabulary

• Previewing the title

• Identifying the main idea or theme

• Reflecting after each paragraph

I should read the entire text before answering the questions.

• True
• False