Reading Strategy

1. Reading Strategies
Includes five before, during, and after reading strategies for younger
readers.

2. Before Reading Strategy #1
• Set a purpose
Setting a purpose for reading is a great way to gear your thinking.
Decide why you are reading the information:
• To be entertained?
• To be informed?
• To be create something?
• To help you?

3. Before Reading Strategy #2
• Preview Text
Good readers “preview” the text before reading. Previewing the text is
a great way to start looking at what information will be presented in
the text. Below are the skills needed for previewing:
• Skim/read captions or any graphics provided
• Read headlines, subtitles
• Read bolded words
• Read any graphs provided

4. Before Reading Strategy #3
• Become familiar with unknown vocabulary
Skim the text for unfamiliar words. Good readers look up words that
are unfamiliar to them. Create a word list of new vocabulary located
within the text. Below are some ideas to gather vocabulary words:
• Word Walls
• Webquest
• Vocabulary banks

5. Before Reading Strategy #4
• Activate Prior Knowledge
Good reader relate prior knowledge to the text the are now reading.
Making connections to other reading material can also help gear the
minding to be ready to read. Below are a few ways connect to the text:
• Text to self
• Text to world
• Text to text

6. Before Reading Strategy #5
• Ask Questions (Prediction)
Ask questions about the text and make predictions to what you believe
is occur. Below are some way to make predictions:
• Write down what you believe will occur in the text.
• Create questions that you want answered or questions that you
believe will be answered within the text.

7. During Reading Strategy #1
• Monitor your understanding
Good readers pause as they read and re-read the text when they do
not understand what they have read. Use context clues when the text
has become unfamiliar and look at graphic or other visuals to help
clarify the text.

8. During Reading Strategy #2
• Mark up the text
Good readers “mark up the text” during reading at help with
comprehension. Below are some ways in which readers can make up
the text:
• Use highlighters to highlight text
• Underline important information
• Write notes on the margins of the text

9. During Reading Strategy #3
• Create visual imagines
Good readers create imagines as the read the text. This way the reader
has a better chance of understanding the text.

10. During Reading Strategy #4
• Speed Control
Find the right speed to read. Good readers read at just the right rate for
them to understand what they are reading. If you do not understand
what the text is explaining “STOP” and adjust your speed. If necessary
slow down your reading pace.

11. During Reading Strategy #5
• Use Graphic Organizers
During reading you can use graphic organizers to make more sense of the text.
Graphic organizers can be used to organize the characters, main idea, plot and
much more. Below are some ways to use graphic organizer:
• Venn- Diagrams
• Chain of events
• Story maps

12. After Reading Strategy #1
• Reflection Of Text
After reading good readers can reflect on the text they have just read.
The reader can write a reflection of the story or even create a book
summarizing the text.

13. After Reading Strategy #2
• THINK-PAIR-SHARE:
Readers write down discuss with partner and share meaningful ideas
about the text just read. This also encourages team work amongst
readers and promotes peer interaction.

14. After Reading Strategy #3
• Literature Circles
Literature circles provide an opportunity for the reader to control their
own learning. This is done by sharing their thoughts and understanding
of the events of the text with other students or as a whole class.

15. After Reading Strategy #4
• Learning Logs
Reader have make learning logs to summarize the text. Learning logs
require the reader to write down what they have learned from the text.

16. After Reading Strategy #5
• Questions
Readers can answer questions relating to the text they have just read.
This helps the reader summarize and rethink the about the text.

17. References
• https://www.teachervision.com/skill-builder/reading-
comprehension/48540.html
• http://www.rit.edu/ntid/rate/sea/processes/comprehension/process
/after
• Teaching reading to students who are at risk or have disabilities by:
William D. Bursuck Mary Damer