Before Reading:

The reader develops a plan of action by:

• activating and building upon prior knowledge and experiences
• predicting what text is about based on text features, visuals, and text type
• setting a purpose for reading.

An Anticipation Guide is an example of a Before Reading Strategy.

During Reading:

The reader maintains and monitors a plan of action by:

• connecting new texts with prior knowledge and experiences
• checking predictions for accuracy
• forming sensory images
• making inferences
• determining key vocabulary
• interpreting the traits of main characters
• self-monitoring own difficulty in decoding and comprehending text
• interpreting diagrams, maps, and charts
• posing how, why, and what questions to understand and/or interpret text
• recognizing cause-effect relationships and drawing conclusions \
• noticing when comprehension problems arise

A Character Map is an example of a During Reading Strategy.

After Reading:

The reader evaluates a plan of action by:

• discussing accuracy of predictions
• summarizing the key ideas
• connecting and compare information from texts to experience and knowledge
• explaining and describing new ideas and information in own words
• retelling story in own words including setting, characters, and sequence of important events
• discussing and comparing authors and illustrators
• reflecting on the strategies that helped the most and least and why

A Semantic Map is an example of an After Reading Strategy.