NEXT STEPS IN READING

WHAT I CAN DO IN READING

	Key Competencies relating to others	Monitoring My Own Reading (Self monitoring)	Sustained Silent Reading (and reading for enjoyment)	Literal (retelling and reorganising information)	Making Connections	Asking Questions	Visualising	Drawing Inferences	Determining Important Ideas (main ideas)	Synthesising Information or Evaluating
On the Way	I am starting to join in with others and listen to their thoughts and ideas	I know when meaning breaks down and when I need to repair my understanding	I can make appropriate choices of texts for independent reading	locate and interpret ideas and information that are directly stated or explicit in the text or pictures	I can connect my own life to some texts, but it’s difficult Respond to ideas, plots and characters	I can ask some questions about a text	I know how to visualise, and I do sometimes when reading a text	I sometimes try to “read between the lines”, but I don't know when or why I should do it.	I can find some important information, but I am not sure what to do with it	I can read a text, but I find it hard to tell the meaning in my own words I can think critically about aspects such as the theme or ideas
Good Reader	I can listen , keep on task and discuss ideas about text.	I know of some fix-up strategies to help when my reading goes wrong	I am reading for longer periods and I know what I have just read		I am able to make connections to my own life and to some other texts make connections between the text and their prior knowledge	I often ask meaningful questions about a text	I can easily make and describe mental pictures about a text	I can make and justify inferences (using information that is close by in the text)	I can find and use text features to decide whats important in a text identify and summarise the main ideas of a text	I can summarise a text in  my own words and give an opinion on it
Great Reader	I can work well with others and by myself.  I like to share ideas about text.	I use number of fix-up strategies when I have difficulty with meaning	I can read for sustained periods and sustain meaning in longer texts over time (e.g., when reading junior novels over several days) I like reading by myself.		I can make connections between my prior knowledge and the concrete examples in a text in order to understand abstract ideas in the text	I often ask “how” and “why” questions when reading.	I can create mental pictures and describe how they help my understanding of a text	I can make predictions, draw conclusions. I can draw on several items of information in order to infer ideas and information that are not directly stated in the text	I can identify at least one important idea and say why it is important.	I can locate and summarise ideas (by skimming and scanning, or identifying key words, topic sentences , sub-headingsand key questions) I can evaluate and integrate ideas and information across a small range of texts
Expert Reader	I listen well and value the knowledge and opinions of others.  I can give deep responses to text and share my views with others.	I self-monitor my reading by asking myself questions like did that make sense? Did I understand that fully?  I can go back and re-read passages f I need to clarify.	I can regularly read for sustained periods and sustain meaning over many days in longer texts (such as novels) and across a variety of texts on the same topic; I genuinely read for enjoyment.		I am able to make strong and deep connections between texts and my life, other texts, and the world. I am using prior knowledge, along with information in the text, to interpret abstract ideas, complex plots and sophisticated themes	I can use questions to challenge the text and question the author I can identify and evaluate writers’ purpose and the ways in which writers use language and ideas to suit their purpose.	I am able to visualise, using all of my senses, and I can talk about how this makes more meaning for me	I can interpret the deeper meaning of a text by drawing inferences and explain the inferences to others.	I can separate important ideas from unimportant ones and explain my reasons to others I can identify and resolve issues arising from competing information in texts	I often combine information i read with my own ideas to come up with a fresh opinion or idea about a topic I can gather, evaluate, and synthesise information across a small range of texts.