Reading Strategies: 7 Things Good Readers Do

1. Proficient Readers
From Strategies That Work
Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis

2. Activate Background Knowledge
 They search for connections between
what they know and the new information
they encounter in the texts they read.

3. Question the Author and Themselves
 Proficient readers ask questions of
themselves, the authors they encounter,
and the texts they read.

4. Make Inferences
 Proficient readers draw inferences during
and after a reading.

5. Determine Importance
 Proficient readers distinguish important
ideas from less important ideas in text.

6. Summarize and Synthesize
 Proficient readers are adept at
synthesizing information within and
across texts and reading experiences.

7. Visualize
 Proficient readers monitor the adequacy
of their understanding and repair their
faulty comprehension.