1.  Why I am reading  Defines what is important  Creates motivation  Determines speed  Increases memory of material

2.  I wonder…  Ask before, during, and after reading  How we interact with text and create meaning  Motivates us to read  Help us infer  Helps us understand  We all ask questions of text

3.  Use what we already know to understand new material  Remember more material  Increase ability to pay attention  Increases interest in text  Allows visualization  Allows reader to relate to character/people  I wonder…  Ask before, during and after reading  How we interact with text and create meaning  Motivates us to read  Help us infer  Helps us understand  We all ask questions of text

4.  Creates mental images  Enhances meaning  Links new and old knowledge  Heightens engagement  Can place self in story  Stimulates imagination

5.  Draw conclusions based on clues in the text  Make predictions before and during reading  Incorporates background knowledge and facts to answer questions  Surfaces underlying themes  Creates new background knowledge  Use implicit information from the text to create meaning during and after reading  Ability to remember and apply increases  Use the pictures to help gain meaning

6.  Remember important information  Learn new information and build background knowledge  Distinguish what’s important from what is interesting  Discern a theme, opinion, or perspective  Answer a specific questions  Determine if the author’s message is to inform, persuade or entertain

7.  Stop and collect their thoughts before reading on  Sift important ideas from less important ideas  Summarize the information by briefly identifying the main points  Combine the main points into a larger concept or bigger idea  Make generalizations about the information they read  Make judgments about the information they read  Personalize their reading by integrating new information with existing knowledge to form a new idea, opinion, or perspective