| Comprehension | Accuracy | Fluency | Expanding Vocabulary |
| I understand what I read | I can read the words | I can read accurately, with expression and understand what I read | I know, find, and use interesting words |
| STRATEGIES | STRATEGIES | STRATEGIES | STRATEGIES |
| Check for understanding | Cross checking – Do the pictures and/or words look right? Does it sound right and make sense? | Voracious reading | Voracious reading |
| Back up and reread | Use the picture – Do the words and picture match? | Read appropriate level text that are “Good Fit” | Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in my speaking and writing |
| Monitor and fix up | Use beginning sounds and ending sounds | Reread text | Use pictures, illustrations, and diagrams |
| Retell the story | Blend sounds, stretch and read | Practice common sight words and high frequency words | Use word parts to determine meaning of words (prefixes, suffixes, origins, abbreviations |
| Use prior knowledge to connect with text | Flip the sounds | Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text | Use prior knowledge and context to predict and confirm meaning |
| Make a picture or mental image | Chunk letters and sounds together | Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody (end marks, commas, etc…) | Ask someone to define the word for you |
| Ask questions throughout the reading process | Skip the word and then come back | | Use dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries as tools |
| Predict what will happen, use text to confirm | Trade a word/guess a word that makes sense | | |
| Infer and support with evidence | | | |
| Use test features (titles, headings, captions, graphic features) | | | |
| Summarize text, include sequence of main events | | | |
| Use main idea and supporting details to determine importance | | | |
| Determine and analyze author’s purpose and support with text | | | |
| Recognize literary elements (genre, plot, character, setting, problem, solution) | | | |
