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What do Good Readers
Do?
Good readers use many
strategies to comprehend what they are reading. In our class students will be
exposed to different types of literature. Therefore, it is essential that they
use reading strategies to help them build their comprehension skills.
Predict :
As you are reading try to figure
out what is going to happen next. Use text to help you decide what will happen
next-confirm as you read.
Clarify :
Ask questions, reread, restate and
visualize to make text more comprehensible.
Use Context Clues :
Use words surrounding unknown word
to determine its meaning.
Draw Conclusions :
Use written or visual cues to
figure out something that is not directly stated.
Infer:
Give a logical guess based on the
facts or evidence presented using prior knowledge to help "read between the
lines".
Restate :
Retell, shorten, or summarizes the
meaning of the story in your own words.
Set a Purpose :
Ask yourself “Why am I reading
this?” Are you reading for enjoyment or information.
Monitor/Clarify :
Ask yourself if what your reading
makes sense. If you don't understand something, reread, look at the
illustrations, or read ahead.
Question :
Ask yourself questions about
important ideas in the story. If you cannot answer these questions reread and
search for the answers in the text.
Evaluate :
Think about how the author made you
feel while reading the story and form your own opinion about what you read.
Summarize :
Organize and restate information,
usually in written form. Think about the events in the story and the order in
which they occurred.
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