In the chapter the author outlines some of the things that good readers do, such as: "They recognize that the purpose for reading is to get meaning, they use a variety of comprehension strategies, they make a range of inferences, they use prior knowledge" and the list goes on from there. The author is mainly making a point here to help teachers recognize a few things that is imperative that students learn.
By understanding what it takes to be a "good reader" teachers must first learn exactly what it is they do. The author in this chapter is outlining some key strategies as well as some thoughts on how to pin point exactly where a student is struggling. None of this matters if what we do as readers is not grasped. For many teachers they have been reading for so long that it is extremely difficult to know how it was learned and how it was understood. With the chart that the author outlines and some of these vitally important keys to being a good reader I think as future teachers we can have a firm grasp on how to not only help students improve but how to teach us how to understand where they are struggling as readers.
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