Reading Strategies

Before you read a nonfiction text, you should...

• skip to the end
• read text features and think what the book will be mostly be about
• nothing
• call my friend

If you start reading a book that seems too hard for you, you should...

• keep reading
• throw it across the room
• put it back and find a book that is just right
• complain that the book is boring

Which one of these ways helps you understand a story?

• predicting what will happen next
• pausing after reading a part to ask yourself what just happened (giving yourself a comprehension check)
• retelling the BIG parts of the book 
• all of these choices

How do you know if a book is JUST RIGHT for you?

• I can read every single word without any problems.
• There are 5 or more words on a page that I don't know/can't read.
• I can retell what I read, and make connections to what I am reading.
• I cannot remember what I just read.

What do good readers do when they are reading?

• Visualize while they are reading.
• Talk to their mom about what they are going to do over the weekend.
• Just keep reading even if it doesn't make sense.
• Wonder why their teacher loves the color purple

When I come across a word I don't know, I should...

• just keep reading and not worry about what the word means
• use the context clues in the text to help me figure out what the word means
• skip over the word and forget about it
• stop reading the book 

When I read non-fiction, I should...

• read the book from cover to cover without stopping
• pause after I read a section and paraphrase the information (put it in my own words)
• pause after I read a section and try to figure out the main idea of what I just read
• both red and blue

My sister interrupted me when I was reading and I don't remember what I just read. What should I do?

• Go back and reread what I don't remember before moving on.
• Yell at my sister and call her names for interrupting me.
• Give the book back to the library because I'm mad at my sister for interrupting me.
• Keep reading. I might remember what happened eventually.