Metacognitive Skills

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Characteristics of a Skilled Reader

With

Increasing

Sophistication

Monitor their reading so they can keep track of their understanding as they read:
- Note confusion, or difficult words and concepts – signaling them that comprehension is breaking down;
- Confirm, refute, or extend predictions made prior to reading;
- Stop after each paragraph to summarize;
- Generate questions before, during, and after reading; and / or
- Create a mental picture as you read.
Actively engage and interact with the text before, during, and after reading so they can grapple with the meaning (see above).
Use fix-it strategies when understanding break downs:
- Go back and re-read,
- Re-state,
- Attempt to summarize,
- Use contextual clues, and / or
- Use decoding skills to figure out unknown words.
Set a purpose for reading.
Adjust their use of strategies depending on the text and content.
Can represent information from a text onto a graphic organizer before, during, and after reading.
Can create summaries by consolidating short paragraphs or passages, into only the most important, main ideas.
Can summarize text by identifying main ideas and supporting details.
Know how and where to find the answers to questions (especially those that require inferencing and using prior knowledge).
Consider writing from various points of view.