READING READING STRATEGIESSTRATEGIES

Thinking About How You ReadThinking About How You Read

Metacognition:Metacognition:Thinking About How You Thinking About How You

ThinkThink

Before you can truly improve Before you can truly improve your reading skills, you need your reading skills, you need

to understand what happens in to understand what happens in good readers’ minds while good readers’ minds while

they read. You may even do they read. You may even do these things already. You just these things already. You just

don’t know it…yet.don’t know it…yet.

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

Use Fix Up StrategiesUse Fix Up Strategies

Make sure you are understanding Make sure you are understanding what you are reading. When you what you are reading. When you run into trouble, (you just don’t run into trouble, (you just don’t get it), use little correction get it), use little correction strategies to help you figure out strategies to help you figure out what went wrong. We call these what went wrong. We call these methods FIX UP STRATEGIES.methods FIX UP STRATEGIES.

Use Fix Up StrategiesUse Fix Up Strategies

Here are some examples of Fix Up Here are some examples of Fix Up Strategies:Strategies:

☻ Re-read Re-read

☻UnderlineUnderline

☻Use a DictionaryUse a Dictionary

☻Read AloudRead Aloud

☻Ask for HelpAsk for Help

Why Use Strategies?Why Use Strategies? Strategies create a plan of attack. Strategies create a plan of attack.

Then you can solve any reading Then you can solve any reading problems yourself.problems yourself.

Strategies help you learn Strategies help you learn HOWHOW to to understand. If you know understand. If you know HOWHOW to to understand, then you are more understand, then you are more likely likely TOTO understand. understand.

Strategies help you realize Strategies help you realize HOWHOW you are thinking so that you can you are thinking so that you can think more deeply and more think more deeply and more consciously.consciously.