Strategy 1: Predict/Infer

Use this strategy before and during reading to help make predictions about what happens next or what you're going to learn.

Here's how to use the Predict/Infer strategy:
1. Think about the title, the illustrations, and what you have read so far.
2. Tell what you think will happen next - or what you will learn. Thinking about what you already know about the subject may help.
3. Try to figure out things the author does not say directly.

Strategy 2: Phonics/Decoding

Use this strategy during reading when you come across a word you don't know.
Here's how to use the Phonics/Decoding strategy:
1. Look carefully at the word.
2. Look for word parts that you know and think about the sounds for the letters.
3. Blend the sounds to read the word.
4. Ask yourself if this is a word you know and whethere the word makes sense in the sentence.
5. If not, ask yourself if there is anything else you could try -- should you look in the dictionary?

Strategy 3: Monitor/Clarify

Use this strategy during reading whenever you're confused about what you are reading.
Here's how to use the Monitor/Clarify strategy:
1. Ask yourself if what you're reading makes sense - or if you are learning what you need to learn.
2. If you don't understand something, reread, look at the illustrations, or read ahead to see if that helps.

Strategy 4: Question

Use this strategy during and after reading to ask questions about important ideas in the story.
Here's how to use the Quetion strategy:
1. Ask yourself questions about important ideas in the story.
2. Ask yourself if you can answer these questions.
3. If you can't answer the questions, reread and look for answers in the text. Thinking about what you already know and what you've read in the story may help you.

Strategy 5: Evaluate

Use this strategy during and after reading to help you form an opinion about what you read.
Here's how to use the Evaluate strategy:
1. Think about how the author makes the story come alive and makes you want to read it.
2. Think about what was entertaining, informative, or useful about the selection.
3. Think about how you reacted to the story - how well you understood the selection and whether you enjoyed reading it.

Strategy 6: Summarize

Use this strategy after reading to summarize what you read. Here's how to use the Summarize strategy:
1. Think about the characters.
2. Think about where the story takes place.
3. Think about the problem in the story and how the characters solve it.
4. Think about what happens in the beginning, middle, and end of the story.