Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features
making connections between the text and students own experience and other texts
making connections between the information in print and images
making predictions and asking and answering questions about the text drawing on knowledge of the topic, subject-specific vocabulary and experience of texts on the same topic
using text features and search tools to locate information in written and digital texts efficiently
determining important ideas, events or details in texts commenting on things learned or questions raised by reading, referring explicitly to the text for verification
making considered inferences taking into account topic knowledge or a character’s likely actions and feelings