WALT = We are learning to

WALA = We are learning about

NIW = Nailed it when

WALT think critically about texts with developing confidence.

WALT use increasing vocab to make meaning. 

WALT recognise there may be more than one reading available within a text  

WALT identify the main ideas, underlying ideas and infer.  

WALT integrate sources of information and prior knowledge 

WALT make meaning of increasingly complex texts.  

NIW

1. I ask questions about the information in a text e.g. newspaper article, information on the internet, non-fiction books.

2. I use words I learn in my reading to help explain my ideas.

3. I listen to others ideas about what we are reading and acknowledge different ideas.

4. I explain what the main ideas are, where they have come from and work out what the author means.

5. I use more than one source of information for my learning and share what I already know about topics with others.

6. The books and resources I use are getting more challenging.