Adjust Reading Rate

Purpose

• Adjusting reading rate is a reading strategy that good readers use to help themselves better comprehend a story.

How to Do it

• Adjusting reading rate means that you are flexible and can speed up when needed. For example, you might need to speed up when you are glancing at something and are looking for a specific answer to a question.

• Also, you might need to slow down your reading rate if you are confused or need to be very careful, such as when reading the various steps in a recipe.

To Summarize

• Being able to speed up or slow down your reading rate is one strategy that good readers utilize.

• This is very helpful when you need to reread a text, particularly when you are unsure of something.

• Adjusting your reading rate and rereading a text can often clarify any misunderstandings that you have about the text.