Reading Strategy

Reading Strategy

1. What is reading strategy?

   • A strategy is a plan selected deliberately by the reader to accomplish a particular goal or to complete a given task

2. What reading strategies are there?

   • Using Prior Knowledge/Previewing
     • When students preview text, they tap into what they already know that will help them to understand the text they are about to read. This provides a framework for any new information they read.
   • Predicting
     • When students make predictions about the text they are about to read, it sets up expectations based on their prior knowledge about similar topics. As they read, they may mentally revise their prediction as they gain more information.
   • Identifying the Main Idea and Summarization
     • Asking and answering questions about text is another strategy that helps students focus on the meaning of text. Teachers can help by modeling both the process of asking good questions and strategies for finding the answers in the text.
   • Making Inferences
     • In order to make inferences about something that is not explicitly stated in the text, students must learn to draw on prior knowledge and recognize clues in the text itself.
   • Visualizing
     • Studies have shown that students who visualize while reading have better recall than those who do not. Readers can take advantage of illustrations that are embedded in the text or create their own mental images or drawings when reading text without illustrations.