Strategy Booklist from The Reading Lady Strategy Explanation Making Connections   Good readers makes connections from the text to their life (T-S), another book (T-T), or real-world (T-W) Author's Viewpoint Good readers are able to determine why the author wrote a selection, or how the author feels about something. Evaluating Good readers evaluate the purpose of the text. Asking Questions Good readers asks questions to better understand the text Visualizing Good readers create mental images as they read. Fix-Up Strategies Good readers use “fix-up” strategies to make corrections in their reading. Synthesizing Good readers put together everything they have learned to understand what they read. Predict and Infer Good readers predict what will come next based on inferences made. Summarize Good readers are able to determine important events from the selection and retell what they have read. Comprehension Skills Links I LOVE! Mrs. Bunyi's Blog Mandy Gregory's GR page Ms. Powell's Page The Reading Lady Seattle Public Schools 103 things to so Before/During/After Strategy explanations Student Bookmarks   Reading Lady  Kathy Bumgardner  Reading Rockets University of Connecticut   Fix-Up Strategies  Into the Book (Teacher and Student Interactives) Summarizing Techniques  Busy Teachers’ Cafe  Learning Strategies Database  Scholastic  Strategy Charts and Bulletin Boards  Find the Main Idea (Determine Importance)  Practice Sheets  Intermediate Level ideas from ProTeacher Community 2-3 Resources (scroll all the way down for Comprehension)  Focus Lessons and printables from Mrs. Pearce   Lots of Links  Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools Reading page