What Are Reading Strategies?

Reading strategies are tools that help you better understand and remember what you read

Previewing	Take a look at the text features.
Activating Prior Knowledge	Think of what you already know about the text.
Making Predictions	Make educated guesses using clues from the text.
Decoding	Turn letters into sounds, then use these sounds to form words.
Visualizing	Turn what you read into pictures in your mind.
Questioning	Ask questions about the text.
Annotating	Take notes and write down comments while reading the text.
Making Connections	Find links between the text, yourself, other texts you have read and the world around you.
Graphic Organizers	Visual tools to help sort, classify and order information.
Inferring	Draw conclusions by combining clues from the text and your own knowledge. Reading between the lines.
Summarizing	Reformulate the main idea of a text in a short form, using your own words.
Skimming & Scanning	Skimming is looking for the main idea of a text. Scanning is looking for specific information in a text.

Reading Strategies at a Glance