There are many different strategies readers use prior to reading, as they read, and after they read.  Listed below are a few strategies to practice and to help build better comprehension skills.

 

 

During reading I should:

&   Visualize what is happening in the book

o       Create pictures in my head about the setting (time and place of events in the story) and the characters.

o       Create pictures in my head about vocabulary words and predictions I have made before reading.

 

&   Ask myself questions as I read.

o       What do I know about the character(s) so far?

o       What do I want to know about the character(s)?

o       Where is the story taking place?

o       When is the story taking place?

o       What has happened so far in the story?

o       Are there any words I don’t know that I need to look up in the dictionary or thesaurus?

 

&   Make inferences

o       “Read between the lines” 

o       Make generalizations about what is happening in the story, or what has happened in the story. 

o       Draw conclusions about a character in the story using clues supplied by the author.