3.6

3.6 is a knowledge and skills statement. These are the student expectations under it.

• 3.6.A

  establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts

• 3.6.B

  generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information

• 3.6.C

  make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures

• 3.6.D

  create mental images to deepen understanding

• 3.6.E

  make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society

• 3.6.F

  make inferences and use evidence to support understanding

• 3.6.G

  evaluate details read to determine key ideas

• 3.6.H

  synthesize information to create new understanding

• 3.6.I

  monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students set a purpose and actively track meaning as they read or listen. They ask questions, predict, picture events, connect ideas, infer, and identify details that carry the main meaning. They combine ideas across texts and use a fix-up move when meaning breaks down.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student explains why they are reading, marks useful details, and supports predictions and inferences with specific evidence. They compare information from two texts and state a new conclusion. When confused, they notice the problem and choose a useful move, such as rereading or asking a question.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may retell every detail instead of deciding which details support the main idea. They may treat predictions and inferences as guesses without evidence, or call any personal memory a useful connection. Some keep reading after meaning is lost instead of stopping and changing strategies.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a fresh one-page passage. Ask them to state a reading purpose, write one inference with evidence, name the main idea, and explain one fix-up strategy.

1. 01

   Give pairs sticky notes to mark a prediction, question, inference, main idea, and repair move while reading a two-page story.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: What new understanding did you build, and which two details helped you build it?

3. 03

   Play Comprehension Fix-Up: pause at confusing sentences, draw a strategy card, and explain how rereading, questioning, or context repaired meaning.

4. 04

   Read a school lunch menu and announcement, then combine details to decide what to order and when to arrive.

• 8.5

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.

• 5.6

  The 5th Grade version of this standard.

• K.5

  The Kindergarten version of this standard.

• 6.5

  The 6th Grade version of this standard.