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

What do we do when we read? / Music / Find your book / AC/Comfortable / Eat Cookies / Quiet Place x 2 / Lock the door / Read in the closet / Watch TV / Concentrate / Good lighting and turn light off x 2 / Write down stuff you don’t know / Paint your nails / Music / Find your book / AC/Comfortable / Eat Cookies / Quiet Place x 2 / Lock the door / Read in the closet / Watch TV / Concentrate / Good lighting and turn light off x 2 / Write down stuff you don’t know / Paint your nails / Play with phone / Lay on bed / Read back cover / Sit on a chair / Comfy Cushion / Underneath bed / Draw in notebook / Pick a good book / Bite fingernails / Take a shower / Make lists / Sit in car

What do we try to avoid when we read? / Stuttering / Stop reading / Noisy conversations / Re-reading / Read all day / Singing siblings / The phone / Mispronunciation x 2 / Sleeping / Doing chores / Stuttering / Stop reading / Noisy conversations / Re-reading / Read all day / Singing siblings / The phone / Mispronunciation x 2 / Sleeping / Doing chores / Getting the book wet / Watch TV / Don’t get too comfy / Bathroom breaks / Sneaky siblings / Asking for help / Reading on the bus

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

Determining Importance / Different genres have different characteristics. Not everything we read in a particular piece of writing is as important as the next. / When we read different genres, we look for different things when we read, for example: / Fiction vs. Non-fiction / Different genres have different characteristics. Not everything we read in a particular piece of writing is as important as the next. / When we read different genres, we look for different things when we read, for example: / Fiction vs. Non-fiction

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.

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. / 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.

Inferring / Trying to figure out what the author means but doesn’t really say… / Example: / Purple and Orange Striped suit in a fancy restaurant / Purple and Orange Striped suit backstage at the circus / Trying to figure out what the author means but doesn’t really say… / Example: / Purple and Orange Striped suit in a fancy restaurant / Purple and Orange Striped suit backstage at the circus

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 / 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

Thank You… / For your: / Participation / Cooperation and / Attention / For your: / Participation / Cooperation and / Attention