Reading Comprehension Strategies

Reading Comprehension Strategies

Predicting

• I suppose..
• From what I know, I don’t think…
• I predict that… will happen next.
• That’s not what I thought would happen.
• Maybe… will happen because…
• I wonder if.. I think… will happen because..

Creating Images

• When I read this I can see…
• I can taste..
• I can see..
• I can see this picture in my head.. it looks like.
• When I read this I imagine..
• I can smell..
• I can hear..
• I can touch..

Declunking

• Think of another word that makes sense.
• Sound out and blend the sounds together.
• Read on.
• Look for parts you know.
• Reread.
• Ask yourself “Does this make sense?”
• I didn’t understand this part…
• I’m confused about…
• There is a word/ phrase/ idea that is confusing me
• I didn’t understand__, so I am going to reread the paragraph again.
• I don’t understand what the author meant by the phrase, __________. I’m going to read on and see can I figure it out.
• This part is extremely difficult but I’m thinking to myself ‘Do I need to fully understand this difficult section to get the overall meaning of the story?

Making Connections

• I felt like this when..
• That reminds me of a time when..
• This sounds very similar to..
• That character reminds me of somebody..
• I already know that..
• That reminds me of another book where..
• Something similar happened to me when..
• It reminds me of earlier in the story when…..because
• When I read that title it immediately reminds me of a time when……
• I remember reading about that in another book. Let me think about what happened. …..

Questioning

• Why do you think?
• When..?
• How..?
• Why..?
• How do you think..?
• Who..?
• Where..?
• What..?
• Why do you think..?
• What did that mean?
• How could that be?
• I wonder..

Synthesising

• At first I thought… but now I think..
• I was surprised when.. because..
• I’m changing my mind about…
• I realise that.. because..
• Now I understand why…
• I think the character… is like me because…
• I agree with… because…
• I don’t agree with … because..
• I think the author was trying to say.. because
• I’m beginning to think…

Inferring

• The story said… which made me think..
• I think… will happen because…
• When I read… it made me realise…
• I can tell … is … because…
• How the character acts tells me…
• How the character feels tells me..
• What the character says tells me.. 

Determining Importance

• The story was mostly about..
• The author is trying to tell us that..
• I learned..
• The important parts of the story were..
• This was interesting, but this was important..
• … is important because…

Skimming and Scanning

• As I scan this book, I already know ___about the topic/theme of the book so I think it might be about …
• Looking at the pictures in the book I think..
• I can see by the headings and pictures that it includes information about..
• Does anyone know what the word… means?

Summarising and Clarifying 

• The story takes place…
• This part was mostly about..
• In the beginning/middle/end..
• There is a problem when..
• It is solved when..
• The main characters are..