Good readers employ a group of strategies to help them understand the meaning of what they are reading.  What do good readers do, and how can I use those strategies?  Reading Strategies

A strategy is a way to do something. These strategies help you understand a story by finding evidence for your interpretation of the story.  This evidence supports your ideas, verifying them.

Good readers:

Predict
Visualize
Connect
Question
Clarify
Evaluate
Summarize