1. STRATEGIC READING
REVIEW: BEFORE,
DURING, AND AFTER
Let’s Practice!

2. Preview and Set a Purpose
 Preview
 Look at the cover
 Look at any pictures
 Look at captions (if non-fiction)
 Look at the back and read any summaries
 Read a few pages from the middle
(novels/chapter books)
 Why Preview?
 When should I preview?

3. Preview and Set a Purpose
 Purpose
 Why are you going to read this book? (To learn,
do, or for enjoyment).
 Why set a purpose?
 When should I set a purpose?

4. Use Prior Knowledge
 What is prior knowledge?
 When do I activate and use my prior
knowledge?
 Why?
 When should I activate my prior knowledge?

5. Predict
 What does it mean to predict?
 How do I predict? (What do I need to predict?)
 Why should I predict?
 When should I predict?

6. Make Connections
 Text to Self
 Text to Text
 Text to World
 Connections help you understand what is
going on in the book better, how a character
feels, or what a situation is like.
 When should I make connections?
This reminds me of…

7. Visualize
 A movie in your head
 Seeing the character’s actions
 Seeing the character’s appearance
 Seeing the setting
 Seeing events
 Why should I visualize?
 When should I visualize?

8. Monitor and Clarify
 Stop! Did I understand what I just read? (Can I
retell or summarize? Can I tell someone about
events that happened or the characters or the
setting?)
 Yes – Tell someone or tell yourself and then keep
going.
 No – Go back and reread.
 If I didn’t understand, why didn’t I?
 Do I need to read more carefully? More slowly?
 Did I understand all of the words?
 Why should I monitor and clarify?
 When should I monitory and clarify?

9. Infer
 Use clues to figure out what the author has not
told you, such as
 Setting
 A characters feelings
 A characters actions

10. Summarize
 Share the basic, important information:
 Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
 Summarize in a paragraph or in a sentence

11. Ask Questions
 Ask questions and try to locate your answer.
 Example: What’s happening in the story?
 Example: How does this fit with the rest of the
story?
 Example: Does what I am reading make sense?

12. Respond
 Write or discuss what you just read:
 What did you like? What didn’t you like?
 Would you recommend this book to a friend, why
or why not?