1. Cognitive
Reading
Strategies

2. Notebook Entry # 8
Make a KWL chart about strategies
good readers use.
Know Would Like to Know Learned
Write down Write down what you Write down
what you would like to know what you
know about about what good learn today
what good readers do. about what
readers do. good readers
do.

3. Good Readers . . .
Connect
Predict
Question
Visualize

4. Good Readers . . .
Monitor & Clarify
Summarize & Synthesize
Determine Importance
Analyze Author’s Craft

5. Good Readers . . .

6. think about how what they already know
relates to what they’re reading.
think about how their personal experiences
relate to what they are reading.
think about how what they’re reading
connects to themselves, to other texts
they’ve read, and to the world.

7. Good Readers . . .

8. consider the author’s purpose –
inform, entertain, or persuade.
preview titles and subtitles and
other visual clues on the page.
think about what’s been read
and what might happen next.
support predictions with
evidence.

9. Good Readers . . .

10. can jot down questions they have
about the text as they’re reading.
identify what is significant or important
information in the text.
understand the different kinds of
thinking needed to answer different
types of questions.
formulate questions to self-test for
understanding and recall.

11. Good Readers . . .

12. picture in their minds what’s happening
in the text.
can draw a sketch or symbol to
represent what they have read.
recognize sensory images.
picture characters, setting, and action.

13. Good Readers . . .

14. use multiple strategies to make sense of
text.
reread text when necessary for
understanding.
discuss what they’re reading.
summarize parts before going on.
clear-up confusing vocabulary.

15. Good Readers . . .

16. can restate what they’ve
read in their own words.
know how to select the main
idea and most important
parts from the text.
can leave out unnecessary
or redundant information.
can combine and organize
ideas from different sources.

17. Good Readers . . .

18. stand back after finishing a text and
ask, “So what?”
dig deeper to uncover the message or
theme of the story.
consider how their understanding of the
meaning of the text changes as they
read.
consider how the theme or big idea
relates to their own lives.

19. Good Readers . . .

20. notice words, phrases and figurative
language that the author is using.
think about the author’s style and its
effectiveness.
can pick out words, lines, phrases,
sections and describe why they were
meaningful.
attempt to use similar strategies in their
own writing.

21. So Remember Good
Readers . . .
Connect
Predict
Question
Visualize

22. Good Readers . . .
Monitor & Clarify
Summarize & Synthesize
Determine Importance
Analyze Author’s Craft

23. Notebook Entry # 8
Pair/Share - Share with your partner
what you learned about reading
strategies.
Know Would Like to Know Learned
Write down Write down what you Write down
what you would like to know what you
know about about what good learn today
what good readers do. about what
readers do. good readers
do.