Prime Strategies to
Improve
Reading Skills
By employing the following
strategies while reading,
students will gain a deeper
understanding of content:
Questioning
A proficient reader employs a toolkit of questions in order to
solve puzzles, unlock mysteries and fashion meaning when it
is elusive (unclear).
Picturing
A proficient reader relies
upon her or his mind's
eye to increase understanding
and organize complex ideas.
Inferring
A proficient reader can read
between the lines, put clues
together and figure out
reasonable interpretations.
Recalling Prior
Knowledge
A proficient reader awakens relevant memories of
information that might cast light on the topic or
issue at hand.
Synthesizing
A proficient reader is skilled at combining
fragments and ideas in new ways so as to
squeeze import and novelty from them.
Flexing
A proficient reader knows how
to slide back and forth across
an array of strategies until one
succeeds, picking and
choosing purposefully.