The Seven Habits of Proficient ReadersThe Seven Habits of Proficient Readers

What do “good” readers do when

they read?

What do “good” readers do when

they read?

What do we do when we read?

What do we do when we read?

Music Find your book AC/Comfortable Eat Cookies Quiet Place x 2 Lock the door Read in the closet Watch TV Concentrate Good lighting and turn light

off x 2 Write down stuff you don’t

know Paint your nails

Music Find your book AC/Comfortable Eat Cookies Quiet Place x 2 Lock the door Read in the closet Watch TV Concentrate Good lighting and turn light

off x 2 Write down stuff you don’t

know Paint your nails

Play with phone Lay on bed Read back cover Sit on a chair Comfy Cushion Underneath bed Draw in notebook Pick a good book Bite fingernails Take a shower Make lists Sit in car

Play with phone Lay on bed Read back cover Sit on a chair Comfy Cushion Underneath bed Draw in notebook Pick a good book Bite fingernails Take a shower Make lists Sit in car

What do we try to avoid when we read?

What do we try to avoid when we read?

Stuttering Stop reading Noisy conversations Re-reading Read all day Singing siblings The phone Mispronunciation x 2 Sleeping Doing chores

Stuttering Stop reading Noisy conversations Re-reading Read all day Singing siblings The phone Mispronunciation x 2 Sleeping Doing chores

Getting the book wet Watch TV Don’t get too comfy Bathroom breaks Sneaky siblings Asking for help Reading on the bus

Getting the book wet Watch TV Don’t get too comfy Bathroom breaks Sneaky siblings Asking for help Reading on the bus

The Seven Habits of Proficient Readers

The Seven Habits of Proficient Readers

Activating prior or background knowledge Determining importance Asking questions Visualizing Inferring Retelling, summarizing, and synthesizing Using fix-up strategies

Activating prior or background knowledge Determining importance Asking questions Visualizing Inferring Retelling, summarizing, and synthesizing Using fix-up strategies

Activating Prior or Background Knowledge

Activating Prior or Background Knowledge

What do you already know about the topic, category, or genre? Before reading, it is often helpful to

create lists and write down everything you already know about a topic.

What do you already know about the topic, category, or genre? Before reading, it is often helpful to

create lists and write down everything you already know about a topic.

Determining ImportanceDetermining Importance

Different genres have different characteristics. Not everything we read in a particular piece of writing is as important as the next. When we read different genres, we

look for different things when we read, for example:

Fiction vs. Non-fiction

Different genres have different characteristics. Not everything we read in a particular piece of writing is as important as the next. When we read different genres, we

look for different things when we read, for example:

Fiction vs. Non-fiction

Asking QuestionsAsking Questions

Readers ask questions before, during, and after reading. Questions are usually written on

“sticky-notes” and placed in the text. Questions help set purposes for

reading. Questions help with monitoring

reading.

Readers ask questions before, during, and after reading. Questions are usually written on

“sticky-notes” and placed in the text. Questions help set purposes for

reading. Questions help with monitoring

reading.

VisualizingVisualizing

Creating vivid images in the reader’s mind. You must use your imagination so

that you can: See, hear, smell, feel, and even imagine

tasting what is being described in a text.

Creating vivid images in the reader’s mind. You must use your imagination so

that you can: See, hear, smell, feel, and even imagine

tasting what is being described in a text.

InferringInferring

Trying to figure out what the author means but doesn’t really say… Example:

Purple and Orange Striped suit in a fancy restaurant

Purple and Orange Striped suit backstage at the circus

Trying to figure out what the author means but doesn’t really say… Example:

Purple and Orange Striped suit in a fancy restaurant

Purple and Orange Striped suit backstage at the circus

Retelling, Summarizing, and Synthesizing

Retelling, Summarizing, and Synthesizing

Retelling: simply retelling what happened in the text

Summarizing: figuring out what is important and then putting it in simple terms that are easier to understand

Synthesizing: using information from the text to make predictions and inferences; putting things together in your mind

Retelling: simply retelling what happened in the text

Summarizing: figuring out what is important and then putting it in simple terms that are easier to understand

Synthesizing: using information from the text to make predictions and inferences; putting things together in your mind

Using Fix-up StrategiesUsing Fix-up Strategies

Do you ever miss something when you read? Do you ever skip over something important by accident? Do you ever miss details? Me too! Fix-up strategies are what proficient

readers use when they miss something important. For example:

Re-reading text

Do you ever miss something when you read? Do you ever skip over something important by accident? Do you ever miss details? Me too! Fix-up strategies are what proficient

readers use when they miss something important. For example:

Re-reading text

Thank You…Thank You…

For your: Participation Cooperation and Attention

For your: Participation Cooperation and Attention