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Reading Strategies Practice

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Reading Strategies Practice

Child reading a book with thought bubbles showing prediction, question, and summary icons

📚 Part 1: Reading Strategy Match

1. Match each reading strategy with what it means:
Predicting
Questioning
Summarizing
Asking who, what, where, when, why, how
Making a smart guess about what happens next
Telling the most important parts quickly
2. Look at this book cover: "The Lost Puppy" with a picture of a sad puppy by a park. What do you predict will happen in this story?

The puppy will find its way home

The puppy will learn to fly

The puppy will become a cat

The puppy will go to school

3. Which of these are good questions to ask while reading? Check all that apply:

Why did the character do that?

What color is my pencil?

Where does this story take place?

What will happen next?

✏️ Part 2: Practice the Strategies

Read this short story:

Maya walked into the kitchen and saw flour everywhere. Her mom was covered in white powder from head to toe. "Surprise!" her mom said with a big smile. "I'm making your favorite chocolate chip cookies for your birthday tomorrow!"

4. What do you predict Maya will do next? Write your prediction:
5. Write one question you have about this story:
6. Summarize this story in 1-2 sentences. What are the most important parts?

🎯 Part 3: Strategy Detective

7. Read what these students said. Write P for Predicting, Q for Questioning, or S for Summarizing:

_____ "I think the main character will find the treasure because she has a map."

_____ "This story is about a girl who goes on an adventure to find treasure."

_____ "Why didn't the girl tell her parents where she was going?"

_____ "How did the treasure get buried there?"

8. Think about a book you read recently. Fill in the blanks:

The title of my book was: _________________________

One prediction I made was: _________________________

One question I had was: _________________________

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