Strategies of a Good Reader

Train Your Brain to Read 

How to do a Summary:

• Look for the topic sentence.
• Look for who, what, when, where, why, and how.
• Omit unnecessary information.
• Summary stems:
• This story/paragraph is mostly about…
• The topic sentence is…
• The author is trying to tell me…

Make a PREDICTION when: 

• A title is given
• Headings are provided
• The author poses a question in the text
• The text suggests what will be discussed next
• Prediction stems:
• Based on the title, I predict this is going to be about…
• I already know these things about the topic/story…
• I think the next chapter/section will be about…
• Based on… (a clue), I predict…
• Based on what____ said/did, I predict…

VISUALIZE a picture in your mind:

• When I read this, I imagine that…
• As I read, in my mind I see…

Ask TEACHER-LIKE QUESTIONS:

• Who is___?
• What is/does ___?
• When is___?
• Where is___?
• Why is ___ significant?
• Why does ____ happen?
• How do ___ and ___ compare?
• How are ___ and ___ different?
• What is the most important ___?
• What is your opinion of ___?