What Good Readers Do

1
What Good Readers Do
Created by Gayle Newman
2
Before Reading

• Preview the title and the cover
• Make a prediction based on the cover
• Read the blurb on the back cover
• Take a picture walk

3
During Reading

• Think about what you are reading
• Ask questions
• Use multiple strategies to solve unknown words

4
What Strategies Will Help Me Read Words I Dont
Know?
Sound out the Word using the Beginning sound
The waiter gave the man a drink.
Try It!
waiter
5
What Strategies Will Help Me Read Words I Dont
Know?
Look for chunks or Vowel combinations You already
know
The waiter gave the man a drink.
Try It!
waiter
6
What Strategies Will Help Me Read Words I Dont
Know?
Skip the word And read on. Think about What the
word Could be.
The waiter gave the man a drink.
Try it !
7
What Strategies Will Help Me Read Words I Dont
Know?
Use Picture Clues
The waiter gave the man a drink.
Try It!
8
After Reading

• Summarize what you read in your own words
• Use a story map to organize your retell
• Share your thoughts about the story with a friend
• Ask questions and develop your interpretation

9
Creating a Story Map

• http//library.thinkquest.org/J001156/writing20pr
  ocess/sl_go_storymap.htm
• http//www.everythingesl.net/downloads/story_map.p
  df

Back
10
Get Ready
Get Set
Read!!!
11
Picture References
www.cdaschools.org/.../images/Story20Map.gif www
.scholastic.com