Cognitive Reading Strategies Chart
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WHAT STRATEGIC READERS
SENTENCE STARTERS
STRATEGY
ARE THINKING
FOR RESPONSE
Does this remind me of something?
This reminds me of . . .
Has something like this ever happened to
I connected to this when . . .
Maki ng
me?
_____ made me remember a time when . . .
Connecti ons
Do I know someone like this character?
This relates to my life because . . .
Am I like this character?
_____ makes me think about . . .
Have I ever felt this way?
tex t to Te x t
This illustration makes me think about . . .
What do I already know that will help me
This makes me think about . . .
understand this text?
Tex t to self
This part makes me remember . . .
Does this information confirm or conflict
with other things I’ve read?
I really had a strong connection to this part
tex t to wo rld
because . . .
What do I know about the author or
genre (i.e. poetry, short story, drama,
This is like . . .
essay, etc.) that influenced my reading?
Strategic readers
This is familiar to me because . . .
connect what they know
Did the text make me think of real
This is similar to . . .
with what they are
events in the news or in history books?
reading.
What text and/or picture clues can help
I think this will be about _____ because . . .
Maki ng
me here?
I think _____ is going to happen next.
Predictions
What background knowledge do I have
I predict that . . .
that will help me with this text?
_____ make me think that _____ will
What will I learn?
happen.
Strategic readers think
Were my predictions correct?
I thought ____ was going to happen, but
about what’s going to
How did making the prediction help me
_____ happened instead.
happen and make
with this reading?
predictions based on
I’m guessing this will be about ___.
what they know and
What will happen next?
Since ____ happened, I think ___ will
what they have read.
happen.
My predictions were right/wrong
because . . .
What is the author saying?
I wonder . . .
Aski ng
What am I wondering?
I would like to ask the author . . .
Questions
What questions do I have?
Who?
What would I like to ask the author?
What?
What questions might a teacher ask?
When?
thin & Thick
Why is this happening?
Where?
Why did this character ___?
Why?
Strategic readers ask
themselves questions
Is this important?
How?
before, during, and
How does this information connect with
This makes me wonder about . . .
after reading to better
what I have already read?
understand the author
and the meaning of the
How could this be explained to someone
text.
else?
What pictures or scenes came into my
I could really picture . . .
mind?
Visualizi ng
The description of ____ helped me
What do I hear, taste, smell or feel?
visualize . . .
What do the characters, setting, and
I created a mental image of . . .
events of the story look like in my mind?
Strategic readers
In my mind I could really see . . .
picture what is
Can I picture this new information?
When it said ____, I could imagine . . .
happening as they read.
If this were a movie . . .
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