•  Readers Build Good Habits
          
                                                                                                                                           
    Good readers:
    * Use Fix- up Strategies - when they don't comprehend at first, including:
      • Skip ahead.
      • Reread.
      • Use the context.
      • Use the syntax (i.e. sentence structure).
      • Sound it out.
    * Make Connections They use prior knowledge and relate information to what they already know.
      • Text-to-self (relate to their own experiences)
      • Text-to-text (relate to other things they've read)
      • Text-to-world (relate to other things they know about the world) 
    * Focus on the most important ideas.
    * Ask questions as they read.
    * Visualize and make auditory and other sensory connections.
    * Make inferences, including predictions and conclusions.
    * Retell or sum up what they've read.