Ask myself questions about what I’m reading.
Question
Guess what might happen next using what I already know.
Predict
Relate the story to my own life or other books.
Make connections
Tell the main points of the story in my own words.
Summarise
Pay attention to my own understanding while I read and fix any problems.
Self-monitoring
Think about things I have learned before to help me understand new information in a story.
Use what I already know
Imagine the scenes in my mind like a movie.
Visualise
Read quickly to get the main idea without focusing on every word and look for specific words, numbers, or details without reading everything.
Skim and Scan
Put together different ideas from the story and my own knowledge to understand new things.
Synthesise
Read between the lines using what I already know to understand hidden meanings.
Infer