Active Reader Bookmark 

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Keep Track: Shade in how many pages you’ve  Make Predictions: Write here what you predict 
read for 30 minutes.  might happen within your book. (HINT: 
  Provide WHY you think your prediction will 
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat  happen) 
 
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Ask Questions: Many active readers tend to ask  Clarify: Active readers look for answers to their 
questions that are important to the story or  questions and predictions. 
character development.   
  Q1: 
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  Q2: 
   
   
  Q3: 
2.    
   
  P1: 
   
   
3.  P2: 
 
 
P3: 
  

Make Connections: Make a connection to your  Reactions: Active readers react to events 
book from anything you know. Whether it be a  according to their own beliefs, attitudes, and 
text-to-text or text-to-world connection.  emotions. Do this by sharing how a speci c 
  event made you feel and why. 
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2. 
 
 
 
 
 
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Learn new words: Look for words you don’t  Evaluate: Active readers make judgements and 
know and write down the meaning and page  draw conclusions about what they read. Justify 
number.  the conclusion you made with speci c 
  information from the text. 
1) _________________________ (Page ____) 
Best Guess= 
 
 
Dictionary =  
 
2) _________________________ (Page ____) 
Best Guess = 
 
 
Dictionary = 
 
3) _________________________ (Page ____) 
Best Guess = 
 
 
Dictionary =