Thinking Strategies to Use as You Read
Good readers are actively thinking about what they're reading. Here are some strategies that help children read for meaning and understand deeply.
Readers:
Activate schema and make connections between new and known information
Make inferences using background knowledge and clues from the text
Use sensory images to enhance comprehension and visualize reading
Question the text in order to clarify ambiguity and deepen understanding
Determine importance in order to distinguish details from main ideas
Synthesize and extend thinking
Monitor comprehension in order to make sure meaning is being constructed
Read and use fix-up strategies to repair confusion
Questions to ask your child to prompt him/her to use the thinking strategies:
Good readers are actively thinking about what they're reading. Here are some strategies that help children read for meaning and understand deeply.Readers:Activate schema and make connections between new and known informationMake inferences using background knowledge and clues from the textUse sensory images to enhance comprehension and visualize readingQuestion the text in order to clarify ambiguity and deepen understandingDetermine importance in order to distinguish details from main ideasSynthesize and extend thinkingMonitor comprehension in order to make sure meaning is being constructedRead and use fix-up strategies to repair confusionQuestions to ask your child to prompt him/her to use the thinking strategies:Click here: Thinking Strategies with Prompts