What processes and strategies are required to be an active constructor of meaning as a reader? Again, the processes have been underarticulated. There is wide agreement among reading researchers that every time a reader reads anything, they make use of the following strategies:
Activate prior knowledge, and connect the applicable prior experiences to the reading (if students don't have the requisite background knowledge about a topic, they will be unable to comprehend)
Set Purposes
Predict
Decode Text — identify word and sentence meanings
Summarize — bring meaning forward throughout the reading, building on prior information to create new and fuller meanings
Visualize — see characters, settings, situations, ideas, mental models
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Monitor understanding — the most salient difference between good and poor readers is that good readers know when — and often why — they are not comprehending
Use Clarifying and Corrective strategies where needed
Reflect on and Apply the meaning that has been made to new situations