The Seven Habits of Proficient Readers What do “good” readers do when they read?

The Seven Habits of Proficient Readers / Activating prior or background knowledge / Determining importance / Asking questions / Visualizing / Making Inferences / Retelling, summarizing, and synthesizing / Using fix-up strategies / Activating prior or background knowledge / Determining importance / Asking questions / Visualizing / Making Inferences / Retelling, summarizing, and synthesizing / Using fix-up strategies

Activating Prior or Background Knowledge / What do you already know about the topic, category, or genre? / Before reading, it is often helpful to create lists and write down everything you already know about a topic. / Make connections. (Text to Self/Text to Text/Text to World) / What do you already know about the topic, category, or genre? / Before reading, it is often helpful to create lists and write down everything you already know about a topic. / Make connections. (Text to Self/Text to Text/Text to World)

Determining Importance / Not everything we read in a particular piece of writing is as important as the next. Know when it is important to note and understand specific details in the text. / Read with a set purpose in mind. / Not everything we read in a particular piece of writing is as important as the next. Know when it is important to note and understand specific details in the text. / Read with a set purpose in mind.

Asking Questions / Readers ask questions before, during, and after reading. / Questions are usually written on “sticky-notes” and placed in the text. / Questions help set purposes for reading. / Questions help with monitoring reading. / Readers ask questions before, during, and after reading. / Questions are usually written on “sticky-notes” and placed in the text. / Questions help set purposes for reading. / Questions help with monitoring reading.

Ask Questions cont. / Ask the following questions: / Does this make sense? / Do I need to double check the text to make sure that I did not misread it? / What am I wondering as I read? / What are the author’s intentions? / Ask the following questions: / Does this make sense? / Do I need to double check the text to make sure that I did not misread it? / What am I wondering as I read? / What are the author’s intentions?

Visualizing / Creating vivid images in the reader’s mind. / You must use your imagination so that you can: / See, hear, smell, feel, and even imagine tasting what is being described in a text. / Make your own mental image of the sensory details. / Creating vivid images in the reader’s mind. / You must use your imagination so that you can: / See, hear, smell, feel, and even imagine tasting what is being described in a text. / Make your own mental image of the sensory details.

Making Inferences / Trying to figure out what the author means but doesn’t really say. / Draw conclusions about why certain things happened. / Consider the cause and effect of things that happened. / Get below the surface of facts on the page and evaluate critically. / Trying to figure out what the author means but doesn’t really say. / Draw conclusions about why certain things happened. / Consider the cause and effect of things that happened. / Get below the surface of facts on the page and evaluate critically.

Retelling, Summarizing, and Synthesizing / Retelling: simply retelling what happened in the text / Summarizing: figuring out what is important and then putting it in simple terms that are easier to understand / Synthesizing: using information from the text to make predictions and inferences; putting things together in your mind / Retelling: simply retelling what happened in the text / Summarizing: figuring out what is important and then putting it in simple terms that are easier to understand / Synthesizing: using information from the text to make predictions and inferences; putting things together in your mind

Using Fix-up Strategies / Do you ever miss something when you read? Do you ever skip over something important by accident? Do you ever miss details? Me too! / Fix-up strategies are what proficient readers use when they miss something important. For example: / Re-reading text- Using context clues or a dictionary for unfamiliar vocabulary words. / Do you ever miss something when you read? Do you ever skip over something important by accident? Do you ever miss details? Me too! / Fix-up strategies are what proficient readers use when they miss something important. For example: / Re-reading text- Using context clues or a dictionary for unfamiliar vocabulary words.