Think Aloud Stems

These are sentence stems for various strategies good readers use.

Use these to model for students during lessons.

Using think alouds is a powerful way to give students strategies they can use when they read independently.

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“So far, I’ve learned…
This made me think of…
That didn’t make sense.
I think ___ will happen next.
I reread that part because…
I was confused by…
I think the most important part was…
That is interesting because…

Teachers can use read alouds to model this powerful comprehension strategy. By sharing their own thinking, they show students how to do their own think alouds.