Reading Roadblocks Reading Strategies
You fall asleep while reading /*Get adequate sleep every night
You are distracted by noises around you
/*Move to a quieter area
You are distracted by thoughts unrelated to the text / *Ask questions about what you are reading*Summarize what you read after each paragraph
You are bored by your reading
/ *Look for ways to connect the text to your life/personal experiences (schema)*Find a new text on a topic that interests you
You can’t understand your text due to complicated language and sentence structure / *Practice chunking (break the text down)
*Choose a new text on your reading level
*Try to paraphrase what the author is saying
You get confused by words that are unfamiliar / *Look up vocabulary in a dictionary
*Ask a teacher or other student for help
*Look at context clues around the word
You cannot identify the main idea
/ *Look at titles, sub-headings, topic sentencesYou read a page and cannot remember what you just read / *Moderate your reading pace, slow down
*Practice chunking
*Try diagramming or charting information from the text
Your neck is stiff and your eyes hurt / *Take periodic breaks from reading, stretch
You cannot concentrate on your reading / *Take a break for few minutes
*Have a healthy snack
*Close your eyes and take some deep breaths