Reading Comprehension Strategies

Telling how things are similar and different

Using words or phrases to determine the meaning of unknown words

Telling what is going to happen next or in the future

Creating a mental picture or image in your mind

Discussing the author's background

Telling how things are similar and different

Predicting what will happen next

Using context clues to understand the text

To predict what will happen next

To summarize the text in your own words

To determine the meaning of unknown words

To connect new information to prior experiences

Presenting facts and figures

Listing steps or events in order

Describing a problem and its solution

Telling or writing what happened in a story using a beginning, middle, and ending

Creating a mental picture based on the text

Giving brief statements about the text

Using text details and background knowledge to answer what is not said

Connecting new information to prior experiences

The writer's way of saying who is telling the story

The most important or central point the author wants you to understand

A common message not explicitly stated in the text

Information that helps to understand the main idea

To predict what will happen next

To state information in a new way without losing the meaning

To use context clues to understand unknown words

To connect prior information to new experiences

Explaining in your own words what the text is about

Stating the most important point of the text

Telling how things are similar or different

Predicting future events in the text

The most important or central point of the text

A common message, not explicitly stated in the text

The writer's way of saying who is telling the story

Information that helps to understand the main idea

To predict future events in the text

To find the main idea of the text

To connect prior information to new information and experiences

To create a mental picture based on the text