- Learn and utilize a multitude of comprehension strategies
- Identify story elements (character, setting, events, problem/solution, climax, conflict, conclusion, etc.)
- Compare and contrast different stories in the same genre
- Identify the Main idea and supporting details in informational text
- Summarize information and narrative text
- Practice reading fluency
- Learn decoding strategies to crack the phonetic code on unfamiliar words
- Identify different text structures (compare/contrast, problem/solution, chronological order, etc.)
- Identifies figurative language (metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, idioms, hyperbole, alliteration)
- Uses context clues to find unknown word meaning
- Quotes accurately from the text and makes inferences
- Determine the theme of a story
- Monitors comprehension while reading both narrative and informational
- Listens to their "inner reading voice" and THINKS while reading
- Makes connections while reading