What makes a strategic reader?

What makes a reader strategic? A strategic reader is a reader that...

• Monitors what she is saying with what makes sense
• Tries different solutions when she comes to a problem.
• Links new information to old
• Works actively to construct meaning
• Uses organizational patterns
• Collaborates with others to learn
• Make predictions
• Visualizes what is read
• Asks and answers questions
• Uses word-attack strategies
• Sounds out the word
• Looks for chunks in the word
• Connects to a known word
• Uses picture clues
• Rereads 
• Keeps reading to check for meaning
• Uses prior knowledge

Wishing you homeschool blessings,