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Reading Strategies


Predict/Infer
Phonics/Decoding
Monitor/Clarify
Making Connections
Question
Evaluate
Summarize


Predict/Infer

A good reader will predict and infer:


Think about the title, pictures, and what you have read so far.

Tell what you think will happen next in the story.

Be a word detective: See if the author has given any clues.



Ask questions like:

What do you think the story will be about?

What clues helped you to make that choice?

What do you see happening in the pictures?

What do you think will happen?

Who do you think the main characters will be?

Make a prediction of what will happen.

Does this remind you of anything?





Phonics/Decoding

A good reader will sound out words:


Look at the words carefully.

Look for parts of the word that you know.

Think about the sounds in the letters that you do not know.

Blend the sounds to read the word.

Ask yourself if this sounds right. Is it a word you know?

Read the sentence again to see if it makes sense.





Monitor/Clarify

A good reader will reread a sentence when he doesn't understand it:


Ask yourself if what you are reading makes sense.

If it does not, read it again. Look at pictures or clues for help.
Here are some questions to ask the child:

What is happening in the story?

What clues have you found to help you think that?

Does this make you think of anything that has happened to you?

It is important to link things from the story to prior knowledge and events in the child's life.





Making Connections

A good reader will connect what he is reading to experiences:


What does the book remind you of?

What do you know about the book's topic?

Does this remind you of another book (or character)?





Question

A good reader will think about every page he reads. He is always asking himself questions about what he reads:


Ask yourself about important ideas in the story. See if you can answer the questions.

If you can't reread the page.



Ask these questions before, during, and after the story.

What is the main idea of the story?

What details support the main idea?

Tell me about the story.

What do you recall?





Evaluate

A good reader will evaluate his reading (what he did/did not like):


Decide if the author did/did not make the story come to life.

Decide if the story was entertaining, informative, or useful.

Think about how well you understood the text.

Decide if you enjoyed the story.





Summarize

A good reader will tell about what he read in his own words:


Think about the characters, the setting, and the problem in the story.

Think about how the characters solved the problem.

Think about what happened in the beginning, middle, and end.