Reading Tips

Questions Good Readers Ask Themselves

Connect It

• What do I know about...?
• What does this remind me of?
• Which character would I choose as a friend and why?
• Has what I learned changed how I think?

Picture It

• What picture do I see in my head?
• What does this picture remind me of?

Understand It

• Is what I'm reading making any sense?
• If I don't understand something, what can I do?
• What is the selection mainly about?

Question It

• What is the most important idea?
• What questions do I have?

Wrap It Up

• What happened in the story?
• What was new or surprising?
• Would I tell a friend to read this? Why?

Links

• Read online actors from the Screen Actors' Guild read picture books on line
• abcteach student pages with puzzles