Reading Strategies for Kids

Strategies for Readers

Strategy

Ask yourself...

Predict and Infer

• What might I learn next? What might happen next?

• What does this probably mean?

• Was my prediction or inference confirmed?

Set a Purpose

• Why am I reading this book?

• What do I want to get from it?

• How will I meet these goals?

• Have I met my goals?

Retell

• What was this text about, mainly?

• What have I learned?

• What is a good way to rethink this text?

Ask Questions

• What questions do I have as I read this text?

• Where will I find the answers?

Monitor

• What have I just read about?

• Which parts are confusing?

• If parts are confusing, what fix-up strategies could I use?

Visualize

• What pictures, smells, sounds, tastes, and touches come to mind as I read this?

Connect

• What does this remind me of?

• Have I seen something similar in other books?

• What part of my thinking has changed after reading this?

Decide What's Important

• What is this text mainly about?

• What is the author's message?

• What does the author think is important? How do I know?

Evaluate

• What do I think about this text? Why?

• Why did the author write it?

• How can I use this information?

******* Successful readers and writers need to learn and practice a number of strategies to use Before, During, and After Reading.

Pre-Reading Strategies Include:

• Activating Background Knowledge
• Making predictions and previewing a book
• Doing a Picture Walk
• Forming purpose for reading and writing
• Making a KWL map Questioning and making predictions about a story

During-Reading Strategies Include:

• Using specific strategies and techniques to figure out words
• Prompting a reader who is stuck
• Questioning and making predictions about a story

Post-Reading Strategies Include:

• Story retelling all or part of a story
• Discussing favorite parts or elements of a story
• Answering questions
• Comparing to another book
• Writing new ending
• Drawing a picture about the story
• Playing a game related to the story

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