What Do Good
Readers Do?
By Sikandar Seemab
Objectives
• Students will become familiar
with the characteristics
exhibited by good readers.
Reading Survey
# 1. GOOD READERS
Set a purpose for
reading.
Good readers set a purpose for reading.
• Why are you reading this text?
• Are you reading for
enjoyment
to retell
to answer questions
to gain information
Once you have a purpose you can
decide on a method of reading to use.
 carefully reading and rereading: reading
to confirm meanings and understandings
and to clarify details
 skimming: reading to gain an overall
understanding of the content of the text
 scanning: reading to locate specific
information
GOOD READERS
rp_o_se for
Set a _p_u_
reading.
#2. GOOD READERS...
Use prior
knowledge to
make
connections.
There are 3 Types of
Connecitons
•Text to Self
•Text to Text
•Text to the World
Prior Knowledge
Text to Self Connections
(TS) – “This story reminds
me of me, my family, my
friends, the time.”
Prior Knowledge
Text to Text
Connections (TT) – “This
story reminds me of the
book, the story, the TV
show.”
Prior Knowledge
Text to the World
Connections (TW) –
“This story reminds me an
event that is going on in
the world now or has
happened in the past.
GOOD READERS...
Use _p_r_io_r
_kno_wled_g_e_to make
connections.
#3. GOOD READERS...
Ask questions as
they read.
GOOD READERS...
Ask _q_u_e_s_tio_n_s
before, during, &
after they read.
Good readers ask questions.
• These questions could be wondering
questions or clarifying questions, used
to clear up something that doesn’t make
sense.
• I wonder why…?
• What if….?
• Why did…?
• Questioning helps a reader focus
in on what's important in the text.
#4. GOOD READERS...
Focus on the most
important ideas.
GOOD READERS...
Focus on the most
_imp_o_rt_a_n_t_ ideas.
#5. GOOD READERS...
Visualize and
make auditory
and other sensory
connections.
As you read, you should be painting
mental pictures in your head.
GOOD READERS...
V__isua_l_iz_e_and
make auditory and
other _s_ens_o_r_y_
connections.
#6. GOOD READERS...
Make inferences,
including
predictions and
conclusions.
Who is speaking?
"Give me all your treasure, or I'll
make you walk the plank! You
can't fool me. Even without your
crown, I know that you are the
king's son. Shiver me timbers,
we'll hold you for ransom!"
Who has been captured?
"Give me all your treasure, or I'll
make you walk the plank! You
can't fool me. Even without your
crown, I know that you are the
king's son. Shiver me timbers,
we'll hold you for ransom!"
GOOD READERS...
Make _infe_r_e_n_ces,
including
predictions and
conclusions.
#7. GOOD READERS...
Use strategies to
“fix” it when they
don't comprehend
at first.
FIX-UP Strategies
–Skip ahead.
–Reread.
–Use the context clues.
–Use the syntax (i.e.
sentence structure).
–Sound it out.
GOOD READERS...
Use strategies to
“_f_ix”
it
when they don't
comprehend at
first.
#8. GOOD READERS...
Know when they
have “Zoned Out”
during a text
reading.
GOOD READERS...
Know when they
have “ zon_e_d
o_u_t ” during a
text reading.
#9. GOOD READERS…
Study vocabulary
and define unfamiliar
words they
encounter.
GOOD READERS…
Study _voca_b_u_lary_
and define
u_n_f_a_m_iliar_ words
they encounter.
# 10. GOOD READERS...
Retell and/or
summarize what
they've read.
GOOD READERS...
_Rete_ll and/or
_
su
_mm
_a
_r_izewhat
they've read.
• Throughout the year, your teacher
will focus on each skill more
thoroughly.
• Each of you will get to practice
these skills so that they become a
natural part of what you do when
reading.
Now you know....
What GOOD
READERS do!
Good Readers Do That
[Chorus: 2 x]
Un-huh un-huh un-huh
Good readers do that
Un-huh un-huh un-huh
Good readers do that
[Verse ]
I came to tell you
What good readers do
Give you the 411
Then it’s all up to you
Just ask my last class
They can prove to you
Good readers have skills
You can develop too
Before you ever open, up another text.
Set a purpose; Use your knowledge,
so that you connect,
Ask lots of questions; pick out the main idea,
I’m almost finished, and then I’ll get out of here
Use your senses to bring the text alive