Here are important reading strategies students can use for reading!
Before Reading
Predict what the book is about from the title. Set a purpose for reading. Ex. I am going to read this book because I want to learn more about animals. Take a picture walk through the book. Ask, What is happening in the pictures?
During Reading
Visualize - make a movie in your head just like you do when listening to a story.
Question - think about the story, asking yourself who, what, when, where, why, how.
Clarify - understand new words - figure out words using print strategies
Use finger to point under each word to keep track of where you are reading
Use beginning sounds to figure out words
Use ending sounds to figure out words
Use pictures on the page to help figure out a word
Use word chunks (group of letters in a pattern like _ack, _ight)
Look for a smaller word within the word
Read to the end of the sentence.
Sometimes the word that
makes sense pops right up!
Reread the sentence or passage to increase understanding
Make predictions - "What happens next?"
Make connections
What other story is like this one? (Text to Text Connection)
Have you felt the same away as a character in the story? Did something similar happen to you? (Text to Self Connection)
Does it help you think about something in real life not directly connected to you? (Text to World Connection)
After Reading
React - What did you think of the story?
Summarize
What was most important in the story? One way to do this
is to think:
~ Someone
~ Did something
~ But (there was a problem)
~ Then (the problem gets solved)
~ Finally (what happened at the end?)