Reading Strategies
Reading Comprehension Strategies
| Strategy | What Does It Mean? | How To Use This Strategy |
| Predicting |
A prediction is a guess you make based off the clues in the texty or a picture. |
Use the evidence from the text or your schema (what you already know) to make a prediction of what might happen next in the story. We make predictions before and during reading. After reading, we check our predictions. **I think ________ will happen, because... |
| Fiction Summarizing | A summary is a short description of the most important events in the story. It tells what happens. |
To summarize a fiction (not true) story, readers need to think about the important story elements, such as characters, plot and setting. **Who is in the story? **Where and when does the story take place? **What is the problem and how is it solved? **What lesson do we learn? |
| Non Fiction Summarizing | A summary is a short description of the main idea and important details/facts of the article. |
To summarize non fiction, readers need to focus on the important details or facts using headings, pictures, captions, text features, graphs, maps and diagrams. **What is the main idea? **What details support the main idea? **What is the gist of the article? |
| Connecting | A Connection is a relationship to the story that deepens your understanding and brings meaning to the text. |
To connect readers think about how does this story relate to me or a story I've read. *What did the text remind you of? *How did the connection help you understand the text? *Explain how you used this connection to better understand the text? |
| Questioning | Asking questions before, during and after reading to better understand the author and meaning of the text. |
In questioning, readers ask and answer questions before, during and after reading to clarify their understanding. (Who, What, When, Where, Why, What if, How, Which) *What is the author trying to say? *What is the message of this story? *What do I think I will learn from this story? |
| Inferring | Inferring is using clues from the story to figure out what the author does not directly say. |
When making an inference, readers should be able to use evidence from the text to support their guess. *What did the author mean by _____? *I think ___________ happened because the story said _____. *I need to change my thinking, because ______ occured? |
| Imaging | Imaging is creating a picture in our mind using the five senses. |
To create mental images, readers must use their five senses and the story elements. *I'm picturing ... *What do the words and pictures remind you of? |
