1. 7 Effective Habits of Good Readers Mrs. Beyer Language Skills

2. 1. Activating Schema/Making Connections “That reminds me of…” “I have a connection…” “Remember when…” Text=Book Text to self Text to text Text to world

3. 2. Asking Questions “I wonder…” “How come…” “Why…” “I’m confused…” “I don’t get it…”

4. 3. Creating Images/Visualizing “I get a picture in my mind…” “I can see it…” “It’s like a movie in my head…” “I visualized…”

5. 4. Inferring / Predicting – Reading Between the Lines “I think…” “Maybe it means…” “I’m guessing that…” “I predict…”

6. 5. Determining Importance “This is really important…”

7. 6. Synthesizing Creating new thinking “I get it…” “Aha…” “Yes, that’s it…”

8. 7. Monitoring for Meaning “Let me review what I know…” “I thought this character…” “Oh, so far…”