C2. Comprehension Strategies
Specific Expectations
Prereading: Activating Prior Knowledge
C2.1
activate prior knowledge, including knowledge gained from personal and text experiences, that they can use to understand the topics of new texts
Prereading: Identifying the Purpose for Reading, Listening, and Viewing
C2.2
identify purposes for engaging with texts, including enjoyment or finding information
Monitoring of Understanding: Making and Confirming Predictions
C2.3
make predictions using background knowledge, text features, and evidence from the text
Monitoring of Understanding: Ongoing Comprehension Check
C2.4
use strategies such as rereading, visualizing, and asking questions, to monitor their understanding of simple texts
Monitoring of Understanding: Making Connections
C2.5
identify connections between ideas expressed in simple texts and their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other familiar texts, and the world around them
Summarizing: Identifying Relevant Information and Drawing Conclusions
C2.6
identify important information in a simple text, including the main idea
Reflecting on Learning
C2.7
identify strategies, such as activating prior knowledge and visualizing, that have helped them comprehend texts