Before Reading
• Preview the text by looking at the cover, pictures, chapter titles
• Think – what is this about?
• Ask yourself – - What do I already know about this? - What do I want to know? - What do I think will happen?
During Reading
• When I get stuck, I can
- look at the pictures
- say “blank” and read on - go back and read it again
- get my mouth “ready”
- find chunks I know
- look for little words in big words - blend the sounds together
•Try the word and ask myself,
- Does it make sense?
- Does it sound right?
- Does it look right?
• Stop now and then to think
- What do I know so far?
- Does it make sense?
- Can I see it in my mind?
- Am I finding out what I want to know?
- Did I guess what would happen?
• If it is not making sense
- Go back and read it again
- Talk with someone about it
After Reading
• Do I know the story parts?
- characters
- setting
- problem or goal
- solution or resolution
- events in the order they happened
- feelings or what happened next?
• If the text is information, what is the main idea?