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Comprehension I understand what I read	Accuracy I can read the words	Fluency I can read accurately, with expression, and understand what I read	Expand Vocabulary I know, find, and use interesting words
Strategies Use prior knowledge to connect with text Make and adjust predictions; use text to confirm Infer and support with evidence Make a picture or mental image Monitor and Fix Up Check for Understanding Back Up and Reread Ask questions throughout the reading process Use text 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/resolution, theme) Recognize and explain cause-and-effect relationships Compare and contrast within and between text	Strategies Abundant easy reading Look carefully at letters and words Cross Checking... Do the pictures and/or words look right? Do they sound right? Do they make sense? Flip the sound Use the pictures... Do the words and pictures match? Use beginning and ending sounds Blend sounds; stretch and reread Chunk letters and sounds together Skip the word, then come back Trade a word/guess a word that makes sense Recognize words at sight	Strategies Voracious reading Read appropriate level texts that are a "good fit" Reread text Practice common sight words and high- frequency words Adjust and apply different reading rates to match text Use punctuation to enhance phrasing and prosody (end marks, commas, etc) Read text as the author would say it, conveying the meaning or feeling	Strategies Voracious reading Tune in to interesting words and use new vocabulary in speaking and writing Use prior knowledge and context to predict and confirm meaning Use word parts to determine meaning of words (prefixes, suffixes, origins, abbreviations) Ask someone to define the word for you Use dictionaries, thesauruses and glossaries as tools Use Pictures, illustrations and diagrams

Behaviors That Support Reading