Fairview
Elementary School
Reading Strategies
• Prior Knowledge
• Text to Self
• Text to Text
• Text to World
2. Visualizing
• Use your five senses to create a mental picture
• Visualize a movie in your mind when you read
3. Inferring (connecting what you know to what you read)
• Make Predictions
• Draw Conclusions
4. Questioning (Who, What, When, Where, How)
• Ask questions before you read
• Ask questions as you read
• Ask questions after you read
5. Determining Important Ideas
• The Big Idea
• Author’s Purpose
6. Synthesizing
• Retelling