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... |