Cognitive Reading Strategies With Starters

Cognitive Reading Strategies
STRATEGY WHAT STRATEGIC READERS SENTENCE STARTERS

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
understand this text?  This makes me think about . . .
Tex t to self
 Does this information confirm or conflict  This part makes me remember . . .
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 . . .
Strategic readers essay, etc.) that influenced my reading?
 This is familiar to me because . . .
connect what they know  Did the text make me think of real
with what they are  This is similar to . . .
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
happen and make  How did making the prediction help me _____ happened instead.
predictions based on with this reading?  I’m guessing this will be about ___.
what they know and  What will happen next?
what they have read.  Since ____ happened, I think ___ will
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?
thin & Thick  What questions might a teacher ask?  When?
 Why is this happening?  Where?
Strategic readers ask  Why did this character ___?  Why?
themselves questions  Is this important?  How?
before, during, and
after reading to better  How does this information connect with  This makes me wonder about . . .
understand the author what I have already read?
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  What do I hear, taste, smell or feel?
 The description of ____ helped me
visualize . . .
 What do the characters, setting, and  I created a mental image of . . .
Strategic readers events of the story look like in my mind?  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 . . .
STRATEGY WHAT STRATEGIC READERS SENTENCE STARTERS
ARE THINKING FOR RESPONSE
 Is the text making sense?  I had to slow down when . . .
Monit oring  Wait, what’s going on here?  I wonder what ____ means.
and  What have I learned?  I need to know more about . . .
Clarifyi ng  Should I slow down? Speed up?  This last part is about . . .
 Do I need to reread?  I was confused by . . .
 How do I say this word?  I still don’t understand . . .
Strategic readers stop
to think about their  What does this word mean?  I had difficulty with . . .
reading and know what  What text clues help me fill in missing  I ____ (name strategy) to help me
to do when they don’t information? understand this part.
understand.
 I know I’m on track because ___.  I can’t really understand . . .
 To understand better, I need to know  I wonder what the author means by . . .
more about ___.  I got lost here because . . .
 I need to reread the part where . . .
 How is the text organized?  The text is mainly about ___.

Summarizing  What is the main idea here?  The author’s most important ideas were
___.
and  What essential information do I need to
know about the characters, plot, and  The details I need to include are . . .
Synthesizi ng setting in order to understand the story?  Some important concepts are . . .
 How does the text’s organization help  The most important evidence was . . .
Strategic readers me?
identify the most  The basic gist . . .
important ideas and  What are the key words?
 The key information is . . .
restate them in their  Are the ideas supported with convincing
own words. evidence?  In a nutshell this says that . . .
 What is the message or big idea of this  At first I thought ___, but then I thought
Determini ng text? ___.
 What in the text makes me think about  My latest thought about this is ___.
What’s the big idea?  I’m getting a different picture here because
Imp ortant  How did my thinking about the meaning ___.
of the text change as I read?  What this means to me is . . .
 How can I relate the big idea to events  So, the big idea is . . .
Strategic readers think or experiences in my own life?
about the text’s big  A conclusion I’m drawing is . . .
idea or message and
 This is relevant to my life because . . .
why it’s important.
 What words, phrases, or figurative  A golden line for me is . . .

Anal yzi ng language is the author using to help me
create mental images?
 I like how the author uses ___ to show ___.
Auth or’s  What was effective about the author’s

 This word/phrase stands out for me
because . . .
Craft style of writing?
 I like how the author uses ____ to show . . .
 What stands out about the author’s use
of details?  The simile / metaphor / image that caught
Strategic readers notice my attention was . . .
 How does the author’s style relate to the
the way the author uses message he or she is trying to convey?  My favorite quote was . . .
language to get his or
 What did the author of the text do that  I like how the author described ____ to
her ideas across.
I’d like to try in my own writing? show . . .

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STRATEGY WHAT STRATEGIC READERS SENTENCE STARTERS

 What is the author saying?  I wonder . . .

 What pictures or scenes came into my  I could really picture . . .

 How is the text organized?  The text is mainly about ___.

 What words, phrases, or figurative  A golden line for me is . . .

Auth or’s  What was effective about the author’s

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