1. Reading Strategies for Students

2. Adjust your reading skills to fit the text and assignment
Learn to read
At different rates of speed
For different purposes
Adjust your reading skills to fit the text and assignment

3. Understand text structure:
Titles
Headings
Sub-headings
Graphs
Charts
Diagrams
Be attentive to these structures

4. Re-read material to gain a deeper understanding
Especially for non-fiction material
Reading above grade level

5. “Good reader” strategies
Establish a purpose
Preview text
Make predictions
Ask questions,
Clarify understanding
Make connections
Monitor comprehension
Summarize
Share responses

6. Develop personal reading strategies for:
Before
During
After
Consistently use those strategies that:
Make most sense
Guide your understanding

7. Read in a manner that fully engages your attention
Draw attention to important content or vocabulary
Use a highlighter
Post-it notes
Underline key sections

8. As you read longer text:
Stop regularly to summarize its meaning
Initially on paper and, then, over time, in your head
To ensure understanding along the way

9. Understand reading vocabulary/techniques
Skimming
Scanning
Speed reading
Fluency
Comprehension
Summarizing
SQP2RS
SQ3R
QAR
Concept Maps

10. These skills are important throughout high school and beyond
Read to develop
Stamina (ability to read for longer periods of time)
Ability to read critically (analyze, evaluate, synthesize)
These skills are important throughout high school and beyond

11. Best way to improve reading skills and strategies
Read widely
Read often
In free time, read material of your choice