Using and Creating Schema

I can use clues to figure out the meaning of words.

I can identify root words and endings to help me figure out words.

I can recognize two words make up a new word.

I can sort words into categories.

I can make text to text connections.

I can explain how my connections help me understand a story.

I can make text to text connections.

I can explain how my connections help me understand an informational text.

I can describe how characters are connected in a story.

I can describe how events are connected in a story.

I can describe how information is connected in a text.

I can identify how texts are alike and different.

I can tell purposes of media.

I can explain how I use media to help me learn.

I can read fluently.

I can name, use and/or read end punctuation (period, question mark, exclamation mark) correctly.

I can read with expression.

I can use reading strategies to check my reading comprehension. (look at the picture, get your mouth ready, skip the word, reread, look for chunks)

I can recognize when a word I have read does not make sense. (does it look right, does it sound right, does it make sense)

I can determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words using context clues in a sentence.

Compare Fiction and Non-Fiction