CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD READER SHIP
| What GOOD READERS do: | What Struggling readers do: |
| Before Reading: 1. "Activate" their background knowledge on the subject . 2. Question and wonder. 3. Know their purpose for reading. 4. Look for the structure of the piece of reading. 5. Believe they are in control of the reading process | Before Reading: 1. Start reading without thinking about the subject. 2. Do not know why they are reading - |
| During 1. Give their complete attention to the reading task. 2. Keep a constant check on their comprehension of the reading material. 3. Stop to use a "figure- understand what they read. 4. Know that they can make sense of it eventually with use of strategies. 5. Look for important ideas and see how details relate to the whole. 6. Visualize, "Go to the movies in their head." 7. Make inferences and connections. of being frustrated or confused and deal with it. 9. Realize that the problem may be the way the author wrote rather than the reader's inability to understand. | During 1. Do not know whether they understand or do not understand. 2. Do not monitor their own comprehension. 3. Seldom use any "figure- 4. View reading as looking at words and turning pages - 5. Are sometimes adept at phonic analysis but do not go for meaning. 6. (They can say the words but don't know what they mean.) 7. Can be bored by the process of reading. |
| After 1. Decide if they achieved their goal for making meaning from reading. 2. Evaluate their comprehension. 3. Summarize what they read. 4. Seek additional information if curious to know more. 5. Think through the information and decide whether it was useful or not. | After 1. Do not know what they have read. 2. Do not follow reading with comprehension self- 3. See no connections between what they read and anything else. |
| Good readers take chances - | |
| 1. Good readers look for meaning instead of just looking at individual letters or words. 2. Good readers guess at words they are not sure of, or just skip those words (if the words are not essential to the meaning of the text.) 3. Good readers know that reading must make sense. 4. Good readers think about what they already know about a subject, before they start reading. 5. Good readers try not to read too slowly. 6. Use Prior Knowledge 7. Make and Confirm Predictions 8. Adjust 9. Self- 10. Create Mental Images 11. Use Context to Confirm Meaning infer – read between the lines 12. Use Text Structure and Format 13. Use Graphic Aids 14. Use Reference Resources 15. Read Ahead 16. Reread 17. Summarize and Paraphrase 18. Good readers select appropriately leveled reading material and 19. Improve as readers with practice 20. Good readers read for longer periods of time 21. Good readers read fluently, quickly and smooth 22. Good readers use a variety of strategies while reading 23. Good readers are members of a literate community of learners 24. Read from aesthetic (emotional, lived- 25. Read both expository and narrative texts 26. Know that different genre require different reading strategies 27. Spontaneously generate questions at different points in the reading process 28. Are problem solvers who have the ability to discover new information for themselves 29. judge the narrator’s reliability (should we believe the narrator & to what degree) 30. identify plot elements – such as major & minor characters, select main ideas & significant & supporting details | 1. They cannot decode 2. Pauses during word attack, stumbles over the words 3. Doesn’t use pictures (illustrations) for meaning 4. Small vocabulary 5. too few opportunities to read outside of school 6. Poor motivation, lack of confidence or lots of avoidance behavior 7. Unaware of reading strategies – view the purpose of reading as “knowing all the words.” 8. Can’t predict 9. They have a poor attitude 10. Lacks phonemic awareness 11. Often repeats 12. Lacks sight word vocabulary 13. Does not like to read, won’t read 14. Chooses short books and or books with lots of pictures (or library books that are too difficult to impress others) 15. Behavior problem 16. Can’t understand what they have read 17. Lacks background/language experiences 18. Fear of reading out loud in front of peers 19. Low frustration level 20. Easily distracted 21. Lacks confidence – needs lots of teachers support 22. Not a risk taker 23. Needs more parental support with respect to learning, achievements, and school progress 24. View reading as boring and painful |
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