Reading Strategies

Front

text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world

Back

make connections

Front

Main ideas only:

Back

summarize

Front

Reread or check for understanding

Back

Monitor

Front

Preview, set a purpose, and predict what will happen.

Back

Plan.

Front

Learn new info or clarify:

Back

Ask questions.

Front

Imagine places, smells, sounds, tastes, and touch.

Back

Visualize.

Front

Figure out the author's meaning; read between the lines.

Back

make inferences

Front

Putting ideas and info together, forming opinions and conclusions.

Back

synthesize