The question then becomes, with so much of students’ present and future academic success riding on their abilities as readers, how can we help all students develop a strategic approach to reading that develops their inference skills without cutting into content? One answer to this question is Reading for Meaning. In a Reading for Meaning lesson, students are provided with simple statements that help them preview and predict before reading, actively search for relevant evidence during reading, and reflect on and synthesize what they have learned after reading.