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C
omprehension
I can understand what I read.
Check for Understanding &
Back up and Re-read
Make Connections
Make Predictions and Confirm
Make Inferences
Ask and Answer Questions
Use Text Features
Recognize Cause and Effect Relationships
Summarize text; include main events (in order)
Recognize Story Elements
Compare and contrast within text and between text
Understand the Author's Purpose
Identify main idea and details
Make a Picture or Mental Image
A
ccuracy
I can read the words.
Cross Checking: Do the words and pictures look right?
Do they sound right?
Do they make sense?
Look carefull
y at le
tters and words (Lips the Fish)
Flip the sound
(Flipper the Dolphin)
Use the pictures…Do the words and pictures match?
(Eagle Eye)
Stretch or blend sounds in words (Stretchy Snake)
Chunk letters and sounds together (Chunky Monkey)
Skip the word then come back (Skippy the Frog)
Use beginning and ending sounds
Trade a word/guess a word
that makes sense
F
luency
I can read smoothly, with expression.
Be a voracious reader
Read good-fit books
Match reading rate with text
Practice and read again
Practice sight words, and
high-frequency words
Use punctuation to enhance story (read with expression)
E
xpand Vocabulary
I know, find, and use
interesting words.
Listen for interesting words
Use them when you are
speaking and writing
Use word parts to determine the meaning of words
Use prior knowledge and
context clues to determine the meaning of words
Use dictionaries and glossaries as tools