Comprehension

Connect prior knowledge to information in the text (NA)

• Relate ideas across texts

Monitor comprehension while reading (RL.3.10; RI.3.10)

• Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts

Ask and answer questions about key details in a text (RL.3.1; RI.3.1)

• Provide justification when answering questions to analyze or evaluate a grade-appropriate text
• Ask critical thinking questions about a text

Recognize and use the organizational patterns/ text structures to connect ideas across the text¹

• Explain cause-effect relationships among events (RI.3.3; RI.3.8)
• Recognize and use text structures (e.g., sequence, compare-contrast, cause-effect, problem and solution) to support understanding (RL.3.5; RI.3.8)

Identify elements of literary and informational texts

• Explain the relationships among the major and minor characters (RL.3.3)
• Relate events to the historical context (N/A)
• Recognize characters and structures of argumentative text (N/A)

Make inferences while reading text (RL.3.6; RI.3.6)

• Distinguish different points of view within and across texts

English learner and bilingual footnotes

¹ To assist ELs with reading more complicated texts, use graphic organizers in which students can write one-word responses, draw pictures, or even arrange prepared sentences.

Connect prior knowledge to information in the text (NA)

• Relate prior knowledge to something in society

Monitor comprehension while reading (RL.2.7; RI.2.7)

• Create mental and graphic images of the events and concepts

Ask and answer questions about key details in a text (RL.2.1; RI.2.1)

• Answer “what-if,” “why,” and “how” questions using textual evidence
• Ask low-level inference questions about a text

Recognize and use the organizational patterns/text structures to connect ideas across the text (RL.2.5; RI.2.5)

• Use text features and graphics to locate and gain information
• Recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts

Identify elements of literary and informational texts

• Identify characters’ actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings (RL.2.3)
• Identify dialogue (RL.2.6)
• Identify themes of text (RL.2.2)
• Identify implicit main ideas (RI.2.2)
• Recognize characteristics of persuasive text (RI.2.8)

Make inferences while reading text

• Compare and contrast different versions of text (RL.2.9; RI.2.9)
• Distinguish literal and nonliteral meaning in text (NA)

Connect prior knowledge to information in the text (NA)

• Use prior knowledge of a topic to clarify understanding

Monitor comprehension while reading (RL.1.7; RI.1.7)

• Reread when the text does not make sense

Ask and answer questions about key details in a text (RL.1.1; RI.1.1)

• Answer “who,” “what,” “when,” “where,” and “how” questions after listening to or reading one or more paragraphs
• Ask questions about details in a text

Recognize and use the organizational patterns/text structures to connect ideas across the text (RL.1.2; RI.1.2)

• Retell a story or chronological text in the correct sequence
• Retell or summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning¹

Identify elements of literary and informational texts (RL.1.3; RI.1.3)

• Describe the main character(s) and the reason(s) for each character’s actions, behavior, or feelings
• Describe the main events, problem, and resolution of a literary text
• Evaluate details to determine what is most important

Make inferences while reading text (NA)

• Create mental images to deepen understanding
• Draw conclusions about information or stories read
• Use specific textual evidence to support an appropriate response

English learner and bilingual footnotes

¹ Teachers should evaluate the accuracy of the content in the EL students’ retell or summarization rather than the grammatical or spelling accuracy of the language used.

Connect prior knowledge to information in the text (NA)

• Relate the text to personal experiences

Monitor comprehension while reading (NA)

• Stop periodically to check understanding

Ask and answer questions about a text (RL.K.1; RI.K.1)

• Answer “who,” “what,” and “where” questions after listening to a sentence or short paragraph
• Answer questions using multiword responses
• Ask questions about a text before, during, and after reading to improve understanding

Recognize and use the organizational patterns/text structures to connect ideas across the text (RL.K.2; RI.K.2)

• Restate the key ideas or important information in a text

Identify elements of literary and informational texts

• Describe the characters, settings, and important events (RL.K.3; RI.K.3)

Make inferences while reading text (NA)

• Make and confirm predictions using text features and information
• Refer to ideas and information in the text to support responses