1. 7 Habits of Effective Readers Strategies to use during independent reading

2. 1. CONNECTING You relate to the text in some way 1. Text to Self ex: “I relate to this because I moved to a new city last year and I hated it.” 2. Text to Text ex: “This reminds me of ‘Thank You M’am.’” 3. Text to World ex: “This reminds me of the accident on the 5 freeway yesterday.”

3. 2. QUESTIONING You ask questions about the text, including things you don’t really understand. Ex: “I wonder why the boy doesn’t just ask the girl out on a date.”

4. 3. VISUALIZING You picture what is going on in the text. It’s what you see or imagine as you read. Ex: “I’m picturing a pretty girl with red hair and an orange bow.” Ex: “I’m picturing a boy with messy clothes on.”

5. 4. DETERMINING IMPORTANCE You figure out what you need to remember for later, including facts, details, or important quotes. Ex: “I need to mark this so I’ll remember it later.” Ex: “This part sounds important.”

6. 5. MAKING INFERENCES You make a guess or prediction about what will happen next. Ex: “I think that the boy and girl will go out on a date.” Ex: “I predict that the boy will leave town.”

7. 6. MONITORING FOR MEANING You are aware that you do not understand the text. You stop and re-read to figure out the meaning of the text. Ex: “Woops! I didn’t understand that. I need to re-read that page.”

8. 7. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER You are able to make complete assumptions about what you’re reading. You can come to conclusions about what you think based on your reading. Ex: “Oh, I get it now. Now I think that the boy and girl were both just too shy.”