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

Set a
_p_u_rp_o_se for
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_oi _r

_kno_weld_g_e_ to
make
connections.
 #3. GOOD READERS...

Ask questions as
they read.
 GOOD
READERS...
Ask
_q_u_e_s_oit_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
_m
i p_o_tr_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_
 #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).
 GOOD
READERS...
Use strategies to
“_f_i it
when they don't
x”
comprehend at
first.
 #8. GOOD READERS...

Know when they

have “Zoned Out”
during a text
reading.
 GOOD
READERS...
Know when they
have “ zon_e
o_ ” during a
d
text reading.
_
u_t
 #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
# 10. GOOD READERS...

Retell and/or
summarize what
they've read.
 GOOD
READERS...
_Rete_l
and/or
_su_mm_a_r_iz
l
ewhat 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,