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Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies //Students develop and learn to apply strategies that help them to comprehend and interpret informational and literary texts. Reading and learning to read are problem solving processes that require strategies for the reader to make sense of written language and remain engaged with texts. Beginners develop basic concepts about print (e.g., that print holds meaning) and how books work (e.g., text organization). As strategic readers, students learn to analyze and evaluate texts to demonstrate their understanding of text. Additionally, students learn to self-monitor their own comprehension by asking and answering questions about the text, self-correcting errors and assessing their own understanding. They apply these strategies effectively to assigned and self-selected texts read in and out of the classroom.//

Grade 2 Benchmarks and Indicators A. Establish a purpose for reading and use a range of reading comprehension strategies to understand literary passages and text. B. Make predictions from text clues and cite specific examples to support predictions. C. Draw conclusions from information in text. D. Apply reading skills and strategies to summarize and compare and contrast information in text, between text and across subject areas. E. Demonstrate comprehension by responding to questions (e.g. literal, informational and evaluative.) Use resources to determine the meanings and pronunciations of unknown words. F. Apply and adjust self-monitoring strategies to assess understanding of text.

 1. Establish a purpose for reading (e.g., to be informed, to follow directions or to be entertained). 2. Predict content, events and outcomes from illustrations and prior experience and support those predictions with examples from the text or background knowledge. 3. Compare and contrast information in texts with prior knowledge and experience. 4. Summarize text by recalling main ideas and some supporting details. 5. Create and use graphic organizers, such as Venn diagrams and webs, to demonstrate comprehension. 6. Answer literal, inferential and evaluative questions to demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate print texts and electronic and visual media. 7. Monitor comprehension by recognizing when text does not make sense and look back or read on to reinforce comprehension. 8. Monitor reading comprehension by identifying word errors and self-correcting. 9. Use criteria to choose independent reading materials (e.g., personal interest, knowledge of authors and genres or recommendations from others). 10. Independently read books for various purposes (e.g., for enjoyment, for literary experience, to gain information or o perform a task).