Reading Strategies for All Grades

Before Reading:

• Look at the title
• Look at the bold words and/or illustrations
• Think about the topic
• Think about what you want to find out
• Predict what the story will be about

During Reading:

• Form pictures in your mind
• Ask questions
• Make predictions
• Check/modify predictions
• Reread if parts do not make sense
• Use context clues to help with difficult words
• Retell parts of the story

After Reading:

• Summarize/retell important information
• Reread to answer questions
• Think about questions you still might have
• Look for additional information on the topic
• Summarize the story using a topic sentence, details and a concluding sentence