Skillful Readers

 

Predict

“What might happen?”

 

Question

“I Wonder?”

 

Monitor and Fix-Up

“I do understand/I don’t understand.”

 

Make Connections

“Text to self, text to world, text to text.”

 

Infer

“Use prior knowledge to fill in the gaps.”

 

Draw Conclusions

“Arrive at decisions and refining those ideas based on new information.”

 

Summarize

“Identifying the most important points.”

 

Create Mental Pictures

“See people, events, and relationships as interaction with text occurs.”

 

Analyze

“Use story and informational text as supports to build meaning.”

 

 

Synthesize

“Combine ideas and information within and across texts.”

 

 

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