Good Struggling Think about what they already Read without thinking about what they know/search their prior knowledge already know Identify a purpose for reading the text Don’t know why they are reading text Make predictions Make no predictions Have a sense of how major ideas may fit Don’t have an idea how the major ideas together might fit together Pay attention to meaning/are able to Overattend to individual words/are identify key information often unable to make meaning Monitor comprehension while reading Do not monitor comprehension while reading Stop and use “fix up” strategies Are unaware of “fix up” strategies Visualize while reading Are unable to visualize Make inferences Cannot make inferences Make connections, both inside and Are unable to make connections outside the text Have a high tolerance for ambiguity How a low tolerance for ambiguity Ask questions of the text Do not ask questions of the text Are active and engaged Are passive and unengaged Can summarize Are often unable to determine main ideas Understand how ideas fit together Focus on unimportant details Can answer implicit, explicit and Are unable to answer comprehension application questions questions Can revisit text and make deeper Are unable to revisit text to make meaning deeper meaning
Good Struggling Think about what they already know/search their prior knowledge Read without thinking about what they already know Identify a purpose for reading the text Don’t know why they are reading text Make predictions Make no predictions Have a sense of how major ideas may fit together Don’t have an idea how the major ideas might fit together Pay attention to meaning/are able to identify key information Overattend to individual words/are often unable to make meaning Monitor comprehension while reading Do not monitor comprehension while reading Stop and use “fix up” strategies Are unaware of “fix up” strategies Visualize while reading Are unable to visualize Make inferences Cannot make inferences Make connections, both inside and outside the text Are unable to make connections Have a high tolerance for ambiguity How a low tolerance for ambiguity Ask questions of the text Do not ask questions of the text Are active and engaged Are passive and unengaged Can summarize Are often unable to determine main ideas Understand how ideas fit together Focus on unimportant details Can answer implicit, explicit and application questions Are unable to answer comprehension questions Can revisit text and make deeper meaning Are unable to revisit text to make deeper meaning
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