Things Good Readers Do To Read Words           

Questions Good Readers Ask Themselves

More Questions for the Reader to ask

Predict 

 Try to figure out what will happen next and how the selection       might end. Read on to see how accurate your guesses were.

Visualize

Visualize characters, events, and setting to help you understand what's happening. When you read nonfiction, pay attention to the images that form in your mind as you read.

Connect

Connect personally with what you are reading. Think of similarities between the descriptions in the selection and what you have personally experienced, heard about or read about.

Question

Question what happens while you read. Searching for reasons behind events and characters' feelings can help you feel closer to what you are reading.

Clarify

Stop occasionally to review what you understand, and expect to have your understanding change and develop as you read on . Use resources to help you clarify your understanding. Re read when necessary.

Evaluate

Form opinions about what you read, both while you're reading and after you've finished. Develop your own ideas about characters and events.