Reading Strategies

STRATEGIES TO BECOME A BETTER READER Here are important reading strategies students can use before, during and after 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 o Use finger to point under each word to keep track of where you are reading o Use beginning sounds to figure out words o Use ending sounds to figure out words o Use pictures on the page to help figure out a word o Use word chunks (group of letters in a pattern like _ack, _ight) o Look for a smaller word within the word o Read to the end of the sentence. Sometimes the word that makes sense pops right up! o Reread the sentence or passage to increase understanding · Make predictions - "What happens next?" · Make connections o What other story is like this one? (Text to Text Connection) o Have you felt the same away as a character in the story? Did something similar happen to you? (Text to Self Connection) o 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? o How did it make you feel? · Summarize o 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?)