Reading Strategies

Concept sheet | English Language Arts
Definition

Reading Strategies are techniques used to help understand, interpret and appreciate texts.

Important!

Choosing the appropriate strategy according to the reading purpose is essential. Each strategy has its own uses, functions and benefits.
Having a clear reading purpose will allow you to choose the most effective strategy for what is needed.

Reading Strategy At a Glance

To learn more about a strategy, click its name.

Previewing

Skimming & Scanning

Questioning

Get an overview of the text.

Quickly search & find information

Ask yourself questions

Visualizing

Making Connections

Inferring

Create mental pictures

Relate to the text

Read between the lines

Annotating

Decoding

Summarizing

Write down notes & comments

Understand challenging words

Sum up main idea & key elements

Synthesizing

Evaluating

Analyzing

Explore sources to come up with new perspectives

Form an opinion on the quality of the text

Look at the structure and techniques used