What Do Good Readers Do?

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Here are some cool posters about reading skills and strategies we could use in class to show our students what good readers do!

The poster connects like this:

Head: Think. Good readers monitor their own thinking while reading.
Eyes: Infer. Good readers look for clues to draw conclusions, make predictions, and more.
Nose: Importance. Good readers sniff out important details.
Mouth: Questions. Good readers ask questions before, during and after reading.
Heart: Visualize. Good readers love to make brain-movies while reading.
Stomach: Schema. Good readers are hungry to connect their text to things they already know.
Waist: Purpose. Good readers don't waste time ... they choose a purpose for reading and pick the best strategy.
Hands: Synthesize. Good readers can 'put it all together' to retell and summarize.
Knees: Monitor Comprehension. Good readers know they need to understand text, and know what to do when they don't.
Feet: Text Structure. Good readers firmly understand the elements of a story and use it to help them understand.

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Great gob:sorcererOV: That enlights the teachers giving them an idea about what and how to deal with reading in class but I think reading stories in class needs an extra session I mean the 4rd and the 5th one,at least we avoid the problem of "NO PARENTS' ROLE" and help the pupils to improve their reading and pronunciation:thinking:

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The most effective strategies good readers use to understand a text need to be made explicit to students :

Before reading, effective readers:

* Set clear goals for reading.

* Actively pursue meaning and activate prior knowledge.

* Preview the text.

* Make predictions.

* Generate questions to be answered.

During reading, effective readers:

* Pay close attention to text structure.

* Read texts selectively based on purpose(s) for reading.

* Construct and revise meaning.

* Determine whether the text and information are meeting goals.

* Integrate prior knowledge with information and ideas from text(s).

* Think about and question the text’s and author’s information and ideas.

* Monitor and revise understanding of the text.

* Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and concepts using a variety of strategies.

* Reconcile inconsistencies or gaps in information and ideas as necessary.

After reading effective readers:

* Evaluate text quality and value.

* Respond to text mainly through questioning, additional reading, or discussion.

* Reflect upon texts during reading, during pauses in reading, and after reading.

* Consider comprehension and learning to be satisfying and productive experiences.

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