G:Solving Words-I use many different strategies to figure out tricky words G:Solving Words-I can figure out what words mean by using the words around it and the pictures Predicting-I use what I know and what I’ve learned to make predictions about the story G:Predicting-I use examples from the text to support my predictions G:Monitoring and Correcting-I go back and read it again if it doesn’t sound right, look right, or make sense G:Monitoring and Correcting-I read quietly and understand what I am reading G:Monitoring and Correcting-If I am confused about what is happening in a story, I go back and reread until it makes sense Making Connections-I can make text-to-self connections G:Making Connections-I can make text-to-text connections G:Making Connections-I notice character relationships G:Searching for and Using Information-I use titles, subheadings, and labels to find information G:Searching for and Using Information-I can use a table of contents G:Searching for and Using Information-I know where I can find information in a story or in a nonfiction book Synthesizing-I think about what I already know about a character or topic before reading G:Synthesizing-I think about what I’ve already read to help me understand what I’m reading now G:Synthesizing-I can talk about a new idea I learned from reading G:Summarizing-I can talk about what happened in the text and name the big idea G:Summarizing-I notice how events go together in the text(How do the events in the text go together?) G:Summarizing-I remember important facts from a nonfiction text(What are the most important facts? Why?) Inferring-I can talk about why a character is feeling or acting a certain way G:Inferring-I understand how characters feel G:Inferring-I can explain how a character has changed and why G:Inferring-I can talk about cause and effect in my reading G:Inferring-I can support my thinking by using words or pictures from the book G:Maintaining Fluency-I use expression when I read G:Maintaining Fluency-I use the punctuation as I read G:Maintaining Fluency-I can read in phrases Analyzing-I can talk about the type of book that I am reading(What genre are you reading?) G:Analyzing-I can find where the problem is solved in a story(How was the problem solved? (show in book)) G:Analyzing-I can tell whether a story could be true and tell why(Could this story be real? Why/why not?) G:Adjusting-I read smoothly unless I get to a word that I don’t’ know, and then I slow down to figure out the word G:Adjusting-I ask myself: Does it look right? Does it sound right? Does it make sense? Critiquing-I can talk about whether I agree or disagree with the ideas in a story (Do you agree or disagree with…) G:Critiquing-I give my opinion about characters or events in the text (What do you think about…?)