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Reading Skills Criteria Checklist 

____Did I use what I have read before and my own knowledge to make a guess about what will happen next?

(skill: predicting)

____Did I use what I have read so far to check whether my predictions are correct, or not yet confirmed?

(skill: confirming)

____Did I use make sure that what I am reading makes sense or I will use a fix up strategy

(skill: monitoring)

____Did I create a picture in my mind about what I am reading?

(skill: visualizing)

____Did I use my knowledge to make educated guess and add information to what I read?

(skill: elaborating)

____Did I say to myself what I have read in my own words?

(skill: retelling/paraphrasing)

____Did I say to myself the important parts of what I have read so far?

(skill: summarizing)

____Did I use my prior knowledge and information from the text to reach my conclusion?

(skill: inferencing)

____Did think about whether this character makes me think about myself or someone I know and why?

(skill: identifying).

____Did I think of something in another book or movie that reminds me of what I am reading?

 (skill: connecting to literature / intertextuality)

____Did I think of some experience or something I know about that reminds me of something I am reading about? (skill: connecting to life)

____Did I think of something I’ve read earlier in this book that makes me think of this part?

(skill:  connecting to text / retrospecting).

____Did I think about what I feel and why? (skill: empathizing)