Bixby Elementary School

Reading Strategies: 

Reading Response - Sentence Starters

1. Making Connections

• I can relate to...
• This part reminds me of...
• This part reminds me of another book I read when...
• I read another book where...
• This is similar to...
• I know about ____________ - but did not know about ________________

2. Determining Importance

• I was interested to find out...
• Did you know that...
• Something new I learned from this book...
• I chose to read this book because...
• Something more I would like to find out is...
• I thought it was interesting the way...

3. Evoking Sensory Images

• I could really picture the part where...
• I could imagine how the character felt when...
• What helped me imagine the setting was...

4. Making Inferences:

• My guess is that the next thing that will happen is...
• I predict that...
• I can tell that _______________, because...
• I want to find out whether...

5. Retelling or Synthesizing

• I enjoyed the part where...
• I was surprised when...
• I was disappointed when...
• A part in the story I found to be funny was...
• A part in the story that moved me, made me sad, excited me, ...

6. Questioning:

• Here are some questions I have about...
• I would like to ask the author...