Strategies for Readers

  • Inferring: Thoughtful readers draw conclusions, make predictions, and form interpretations.
     
     My guess is… 
     This could mean…
     Maybe…  I predict…
     It could be that…  Perhaps...
     

     
    Using Schema: Thoughtful readers make connections, and retrieve and activate prior knowledge.
     
     That reminds me…  I can relate to…
     I’m remembering…  I have schema for…
     My connection is…  I am thinking of...
     

     
    Determining Importance: Thoughtful readers sift out relevant and useful information. 
           
     What’s important here…  I want to remember…
     One thing that we should notice…  It’s interesting that....
     What matters to me…  
     

     
    Visualizing: Thoughtful readers create mental images supported by the five senses.

     I’m picturing…  I can feel/see…
     I can imagine…  I can smell/taste…
     My mental image is…  I can touch/hear...
     

     
    Questioning: Thoughtful readers generate questions before, during, and after reading.

     I wonder…  I don’t understand…
     What if…  It confused me…
     Why…  How could...
     

     
    Synthesizing: Thoughtful readers continually change their thinking in response to text.
     
     Now I understand why…  My new thinking is…
     I’m changing my mind about…  I used to think…
     I’m beginning to think…  ...but now I think...