W: Solving Words- I use the word roots and origins to understand the meaning of words.
W: Solving Words-I derive the meaning of words that reflect regional or historical dialects as well as words from language other than English.
Predicting
W: Predicting-I support my predictions with evidence from the text.
W: Predicting-I change my predictions as new information is gathered.
W: Predicting-I use the characteristics of the genre to make predictions about the text.
W:Monitoring and Correcting-I continue to monitor accuracy and understanding, self-correcting when errors take away from the meaning.
W:Monitoring and Correcting-I reread.
W: Making Connections-I make connections between the social and moral issues of today and those presented in realistic and historical fiction, in biography, and in the imaginary worlds of high fantasy.
W: Searching for and Using Information-I use a full range of readers’ tools to search for information.
W: Searching for and Using Information-I search for information relating to unfamiliar concepts and ideas in a single chapter or section.
W: Synthesizing-I acquire new perspectives and content about diverse cultures, times, and places.
W: Synthesizing-I think about the issues in the text and ask, “How does this affect my life?”
W: Summarizing-When summarizing, I am very selective as to include the most important information or ideas or facts.
W: Summarizing-I can construct a summary that is concise and reflect the important and overarching ideas and information in texts.
W:Inferring-In texts with multiple complex characters, infer traits, motivations and changes through examining how the writer describe them, what they do, say, think and what other characters say about them.
W:Inferring-I can infer the meaning of certain symbols, events, characters that the writer is using to enhance the meaning. 
W:Maintaining Fluency-I practice reading aloud with expression or dramatic performance.
W:Maintaining Fluency-Demonstrate appropriate stress on words, pausing and phrasing, intonation, and use of punctuation while reading in a way that reflects understanding.
W:Analyzing-I analyze works of fantasy to notice classical motifs such as “the quest, “the hero”, and symbolism representing good and evil.
W:Analyzing-I notice the writer’s use of words that are not English and reflect on the reasons for these choices and how those words add to the meaning of the text.
W:Analyzing-I notice the way writers use regional dialect and discuss how it adds to the authenticity of the text or characteristics.
W:Adjusting-I adjust the reader’s stance to better understand genres, such as complex fantasy, and special forms, such as satire.
W:Adjusting-I change style, pace, and processing to reflect understanding of genre.
W:Critiquing-I express my tastes and preferences in reading and support choices with specific descriptions of text features (plot, use of language, kinds of characters).
W:Critiquing-I am becoming critical of the subject as biography (decisions, motivations, accomplishments)
W:Critiquing-I can critique the biographer’s presentation of a subject, noticing bias.