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 make connections and understand the topic and form of new texts
Prereading: Identifying the Purpose for Reading, Listening, and Viewing
C2.2
identify specific purposes for engaging with texts, including learning facts or information, or to gain insight or new perspectives
Monitoring of Understanding: Making and Confirming Predictions
C2.3
make predictions using background knowledge, text features, and evidence from the text, and adjust their understanding based on new information
Monitoring of Understanding: Ongoing Comprehension Check
C2.4
use strategies such as rereading, visualizing, and asking questions, to monitor and confirm their understanding of various texts
Monitoring of Understanding: Making Connections
C2.5
identify connections between ideas expressed in texts and their knowledges and lived experiences, the ideas in other texts, and the world around them
Summarizing: Identifying Relevant Information and Drawing Conclusions
C2.6
identify the main idea in a simple text, and relate important details in sequence
Reflecting on Learning
C2.7
describe how strategies, such as visualizing, making predictions, and connecting to their experiences, have helped them comprehend various texts