Whenever master readers begin reading a text, they will use a number of strategies:

• predict
  • I bet that…
  • I wonder if…
  • I think that…
• picture the text
  • From this part, I can see…
  • I imagine that…
• monitor their comprehension
  • I don’t get this…
  • This confuses me because…
  • This is a difficult part because…
• decide how to fix up (repair) comprehension problems
  • Maybe I’d better reread…
  • Maybe I need to keep on reading to see if…
  • I better look this word up because…
  • Maybe I better consider that…
• comment on what they’ve read
  • I like this because…
  • This part is sad because…
  • If you think about it…
• connect what they’ve read to what they already knew
  • This reminds me of…
  • I know that this part in the text is right/wrong because…
• question what is happening in the text
  • I wonder why the author…
  • What’s happening here…
  • Is the character going to…
  • Wait a minute! I thought…

Throughout the year, we’ll return to these techniques for further details and practice.

Source

Beers, Kylene. When Kids Can’t Read: What Teachers Can Do. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 2003. Print.