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1. READINGREADING
STRATEGIESSTRATEGIES
Thinking About How You ReadThinking About How You Read

2. Metacognition:Metacognition:
Thinking About How You ThinkThinking About How You Think
Before you can truly improve yourBefore you can truly improve your
reading skills, you need toreading skills, you need to
understand what happens in goodunderstand what happens in good
readers’ minds while they read.readers’ minds while they read.
You may even do these thingsYou may even do these things
already. You just don’t know it…already. You just don’t know it…
yet.yet.

3. More About MetacognitionMore About Metacognition
Good readers have developed good habitsGood readers have developed good habits
when they read. We call these habitswhen they read. We call these habits
strategies. Strategies help readersstrategies. Strategies help readers
understand, connect to, and determine theunderstand, connect to, and determine the
importance of what they are reading. Theyimportance of what they are reading. They
also visualize, ask questions about, andalso visualize, ask questions about, and
read between the lines of what they read.read between the lines of what they read.

4. The Reading StrategiesThe Reading Strategies
There are seven reading strategies.There are seven reading strategies.
Make ConnectionsMake Connections
Ask QuestionsAsk Questions
Determine ImportanceDetermine Importance
Infer and PredictInfer and Predict
VisualizeVisualize
SynthesizeSynthesize
Use Fix Up StrategiesUse Fix Up Strategies

5. Make ConnectionsMake Connections
Text to Self (similar events in your life)Text to Self (similar events in your life)
Text to Text (books, movies, T.V., etc.)Text to Text (books, movies, T.V., etc.)
Text to Life (real world events)Text to Life (real world events)

6. Make ConnectionsMake Connections
Ask Yourself:Ask Yourself:
What do I already know about this?What do I already know about this?
Has anything similar ever happenedHas anything similar ever happened
to me?to me?
How would I feel if this happened toHow would I feel if this happened to
me?me?
Can I relate to the characters?Can I relate to the characters?
Does this story remind me ofDoes this story remind me of
something?something?

7. Make ConnectionsMake Connections
CONNECT yourself to the text!CONNECT yourself to the text!
Go passed theGo passed the OBVIOUS!OBVIOUS!

8. Ask QuestionsAsk Questions
What don’t you get?What don’t you get?
What do you get?What do you get?
What words don’t youWhat words don’t you
understand?understand?
What other questions doWhat other questions do
you have?you have?
What do you wonderWhat do you wonder
about as you read?about as you read?

9. Why Ask Questions?Why Ask Questions?
Asking questions helps keep youAsking questions helps keep you
focused on the text.focused on the text.
If your mind wanders, you will notIf your mind wanders, you will not
understand. Then you will be bored.understand. Then you will be bored.
If you run into problems, things youIf you run into problems, things you
just don’t understand, then you canjust don’t understand, then you can
check yourself with a question.check yourself with a question.

10. Determine ImportanceDetermine Importance
Pick and choose which detailsPick and choose which details
are the most important toare the most important to
remember.remember.
•Think about what a teacherThink about what a teacher
might ask on a test.might ask on a test.
•Think about what the authorThink about what the author
hints might be important later on.hints might be important later on.

11. Why Determine Importance?Why Determine Importance?
Anything you read contains a lot ofAnything you read contains a lot of
information. You cannot rememberinformation. You cannot remember
everything. By deciding what iseverything. By deciding what is
important, you don’t have toimportant, you don’t have to
remember everything. You canremember everything. You can
prioritize the information you needprioritize the information you need
in order to understand.in order to understand.

12. Infer and PredictInfer and Predict
Good readers are likeGood readers are like
detectives.detectives.
They use clues to determineThey use clues to determine
what is happening in a story.what is happening in a story.
This is called INFERENCE!This is called INFERENCE!

13. Infer and PredictInfer and Predict
Good readers also makeGood readers also make
educated guesses about whateducated guesses about what
may happen later in themay happen later in the
story.story.
They use the author’s hints toThey use the author’s hints to
PREDICT what will mostPREDICT what will most
likely occur.likely occur.

14. Infer and PredictInfer and Predict
Ask Yourself:Ask Yourself:
What isn’t stated that I haveWhat isn’t stated that I have
figured out?figured out?
What do I predict will happen?What do I predict will happen?
Why do I think so?Why do I think so?

15. Infer and PredictInfer and Predict
REMEMBER:REMEMBER:
KNOWLEDGE + TEXT = INFERENCEKNOWLEDGE + TEXT = INFERENCE

16. VisualizeVisualize
 Picture in your mind the images thePicture in your mind the images the
author creates with his/her words.author creates with his/her words.
 Pay close attention to sensory details.Pay close attention to sensory details.
For example, if you were there, whatFor example, if you were there, what
would you SEE, HEAR, SMELL, TASTE,would you SEE, HEAR, SMELL, TASTE,
TOUCH, FEEL?TOUCH, FEEL?

17. Why Visualize?Why Visualize?
 If you don’t picture theIf you don’t picture the
events of the story, you willevents of the story, you will
get bored.get bored.
 The author’s job is to paintThe author’s job is to paint
pictures in the reader’s mind.pictures in the reader’s mind.
The reader’s job is to visualizeThe reader’s job is to visualize
what the author describes.what the author describes.
 Why not?Why not?

18. SynthesizeSynthesize
Synthesize is a fancy way of sayingSynthesize is a fancy way of saying
that you must bring everythingthat you must bring everything
together in the end. In other words,together in the end. In other words,
what is the meaning of what you arewhat is the meaning of what you are
reading?reading?

19. SynthesizeSynthesize
Ask Yourself:Ask Yourself:
o What does it all mean?What does it all mean?
oWhat’s the big idea?What’s the big idea?
o Are there questions still leftAre there questions still left
unanswered?unanswered?
o What are the lessons I should learn?What are the lessons I should learn?
o What do I think about this book?What do I think about this book?

20. Use Fix Up StrategiesUse Fix Up Strategies
Make sure you are understandingMake sure you are understanding
what you are reading. When you runwhat you are reading. When you run
into trouble, (you just don’t get it), useinto trouble, (you just don’t get it), use
little correction strategies to help youlittle correction strategies to help you
figure out what went wrong. We callfigure out what went wrong. We call
these methods FIX UP STRATEGIES.these methods FIX UP STRATEGIES.

21. Use Fix Up StrategiesUse Fix Up Strategies
Here are some examples of Fix UpHere are some examples of Fix Up
Strategies:Strategies:
☻ Re-readRe-read
☻UnderlineUnderline
☻Use a DictionaryUse a Dictionary
☻Read AloudRead Aloud
☻Ask for HelpAsk for Help

22. Why Use Strategies?Why Use Strategies?
 Strategies create a plan of attack. ThenStrategies create a plan of attack. Then
you can solve any reading problemsyou can solve any reading problems
yourself.yourself.
 Strategies help you learnStrategies help you learn HOWHOW toto
understand. If you knowunderstand. If you know HOWHOW toto
understand, then you are more likelyunderstand, then you are more likely
TOTO understand.understand.
 Strategies help you realizeStrategies help you realize HOWHOW youyou
are thinking so that you can think moreare thinking so that you can think more
deeply and more consciously.deeply and more consciously.

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25. Why Use Strategies?Why Use Strategies?
REMEMBER:REMEMBER:
You may be using some or all ofYou may be using some or all of
these strategies already. You justthese strategies already. You just
may not know it. However, as youmay not know it. However, as you
learn to read more complicatedlearn to read more complicated
materials, you WILL NEED to usematerials, you WILL NEED to use
these strategies purposefully.these strategies purposefully.
SO PRACTICE!SO PRACTICE!