Summarize:

• What is the main idea - what is this mostly about?
• Name the 3-4 supporting details that support that idea
• Summarize the main idea and details in your own words

Question:

• Ask a question about the main idea
• Ask a text structure question
• Ask a trillion-dollar question - "What if? Why?"

Clarify:

• Words? Vocabulary? Ideas?
• Think what makes sense
• Look for parts, suffixes, affixes
• Read the sentence before and after
• Use context clues (definition, example, explanation)

Connect and Predict

• Connect ideas to self, text, world
• Think what you know about the topics (lessons, friends, books, movies, family)
• Predict what the author will discuss next