As elementary students progress from learning to read toward reading to learn, it is vital that they become strategic readers. A strategic reader is one who understands when and how to use a strategy in order to comprehend text. While some students use strategies naturally during the reading process, most students must be taught how to actively think during reading. The strategies presented here--Question-Answer-Relationships (QARs), Wonder Notebooks, and Reciprocal Questioning (ReQuest)--aim to do just that and are appropriate for use with science texts.