What Close Readers Do
Word Study Strategies
Reading Comprehension Strategies
100

Close readers read the text more than once

What is reread

100

This word study strategy involve using a _______ to look up the meaning of an unfamiliar word. 

What is "dictionary" or "reference materials" 

100

_________ is when the reader pictures what they are reading in their mind while they read. 

What is "visualizing" 

200

Close readers ask ______ before, during, and after they read

What are "questions" 

200

The ______ refers to the feeling a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning. 

What is "connotation" 

200

Readers ask _________ when they come across a detail they don't understand in a text. 

What are "questions" 

300

Close readers use highlighters or pens to _____ the text while they read. 

What is "annotate" 

300

_______ are groups of letters at the beginning or end of a root word that modifies the words meaning. 

What are "affixes" or "prefixes and suffixes" 

300

Good readers make _______ to other texts, their own experiences, and/or what is happening in the world to better understand the text.  

What are "connections" 

400

Close reader discuss what they read with a _____ to share ideas about what they read. 

What is "partner"

400

A reader uses __________ to determine the meaning of unknown words by using other words and phrases as clues in the text. 

What are "context clues" 

400

A reading comprehension strategy is _________. This is when a reader gives only the important details from the text without their personal opinion. 

What is "summarizing" 

500

Close readers can give a _______ of a text to show they understand the gist of what they read. 

What is "summary" 

500

Name a type of context clue

What are "synonym, antonym, direct definition or examples" 

500

Good readers cite textual ________ to support their analysis of a text. 

What is "evidence"