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Reading Is Thinking

Reading Is Thinking. What do all good readers do?. Visualize . Good readers visualize. When a reader visualizes they are making a movie happen behind their eyes and in their head. Visualization enables readers to make the words on the page real. Connect . Good readers make connections.

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Reading Is Thinking

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  1. Reading Is Thinking What do all good readers do?

  2. Visualize Good readers visualize. When a reader visualizes they are making a movie happen behind their eyes and in their head. Visualization enables readers to make the words on the page real.

  3. Connect Good readers make connections. There are three types of connections: Text to Text Text to Self Text to World

  4. Question Good readers ask questions. These questions can be wondering questions, clarifying uncertainties or interrogating the text and the author. Readers ask questions to: 1. Construct meaning 2. Enhance understanding 3. Find answers 4. Solve problems 5. Find specific information 6. Acquire a body of information 7. Discover new information 8. Propel research efforts 9. Clarify confusion

  5. Infer Good readers infer. Inferring is when you “read between the lines”. You predict, hypothesize, interpret and draw conclusions. When you infer you are: 1. Drawing conclusions based on clues in the text. 2. Making predictions before and during reading. 3. Finding underlying themes. 4. Using pictures to help gain meaning. 5. Using implicit information from the text to create meaning during and after reading.

  6. Evaluate Good readers evaluate. When you evaluate you determine importance, make judgments and weigh values.

  7. Analyze Good readers analyze. When you analyze you: Notice text structures. Notice the author’s craft. Notice the author’s purpose. Notice the theme (s). Notice the author’s point of view.

  8. Recall Good readers recall what they have read. When you recall you are: Retelling Summarizing Remembering information

  9. Monitor Good readers monitor. When you monitor you are: Actively keeping track of your own thinking. Adjusting your strategies to the text you are working with. Some monitoring strategies are: Rereading Cross checking Code Huh? (post-it notes) Thinking about what you are reading. Asking questions such as: Did that make sense? Did that sound right? Does that look right?

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