Reading strategies

I have enjoyed learning about all the many reading strategies. I feel like they will all be beneficial at some point in my career. My personal favorite reading strategy is KWL. I like to think about what I already know (or think I know) about a subject before I read it because I find it to be a good transition. If I do not take the time to focus on what I am about to read then my mind goes back to my everyday thoughts and I tend to get distracted by them. Thinking about what I want to learn helps me to read in more detail and try to comprehend more so than if I simply jump into the reading. Reflecting on what I have just read & thinking about what new information I learned helps me to remember the reading better and allows me to retain the information longer. I know each of my students will have their own personal favorite reading strategy whether they realize they do or not. I hope to show them some strategies they may not have heard of before and I hope they will leave my class a better reader than they entered.