*Strong Evidence = 5 Pointssome Evidence = 4 Points Little Evidence = 2 Point

Primary Comprehension Toolkit

1 Monitor Comprehension / Oral or Written Evidence / 2 Activate & Connect / Oral or Written Evidence / 3 Ask Questions / Oral or Written Evidence
Pays attention to and leaves tracks of thinking when reading, listening, or viewing / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Understands the term background knowledge and connects new to known information / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Stops to ask questions when listening, reading, and viewing / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence
Understands the difference between retelling and thinking about the text / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Includes nonfiction features in written text and pays attention to them in reading / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Jots and/or draws questions while listening, reading, and viewing / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence
Shares thinking with a partner through discussion / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Makes connections between the text and own life and other texts / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Recognizes that not all questions are answered in the text / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence
Notices the text and visual features and understands they have a purpose / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Listens to inner voice to make sense of text / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Reads with a question in mind and tries to answer it / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence
Uses text features to gain information / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Merges thinking with new information and reacts to it / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Uses a variety of strategies to answer questions (pictures, features, reads, asks…) / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence
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*Strong evidence = 5 pointsSome evidence = 4 points Little evidence = 2 point

*Points X 4 = %

Primary Comprehension Toolkit

4 Infer Meaning / Oral or Written Evidence / 5 Determine Importance / Oral or Written Evidence / 6 Summarize & Synthesize / Oral or Written Evidence
Merges background knowledge with text clues to make meaning / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Distinguishes between interesting details and important information / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Merges thinking (questions, connections, inferences) to understand important information/key ideas / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence
Creates mental images (visualizing) while reading, listening, and viewing / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Identifies and codes important information / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Puts information into own words without saying too much / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence
Infers and visualizes from features and pictures / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Paraphrases / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Synthesizes big ideas from a collection of facts / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence
Infers meaning of unfamiliar words and concepts / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Distinguishes between facts, questions, responses in taking notes / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Creates ways to write, draw, and share learning and make thinking visible / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence
Infers from text and pictures to understand the story / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Organizes thinking to prepare to share it / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence / Responds to and learns from peers and participates in a community of learners / __Strong Evidence
__Some Evidence
__Little Evidence
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*Strong evidence = 5 pointsSome evidence = 4 points Little evidence = 2 point

*Points X 4 = %

Primary Comprehension Toolkit Informal Record

1 Monitor Comprehension / Name / Name / Name / Name / Name
Pays attention to and leaves tracks of thinking when reading, listening, or viewing
Understands the difference between retelling and thinking about the text
Shares thinking with a partner through discussion
Notices the text and visual features and understands they have a purpose
Uses text features to gain information

*Strong evidence = Str Some evidence = So Little evidence = L

Primary Comprehension Toolkit Informal Record

2 Activate & Connect / Name / Name / Name / Name / Name
Understands the term background knowledge and connects new to known information
Includes nonfiction features in written text and pays attention to them in reading
Makes connections between the text and own life and other texts
Listens to inner voice to make sense of text
Merges thinking with new information and reacts to it

*Strong evidence = Str Some evidence = So Little evidence = L

Primary Comprehension Toolkit Informal Record

3 Ask Questions / Name / Name / Name / Name / Name
Stops to ask questions when listening, reading, and viewing
Jots and/or draws questions while listening, reading, and viewing
Recognizes that not all questions are answered in the text
Reads with a question in mind and tries to answer it
Uses a variety of strategies to answer questions (pictures, features, reads, asks…)

*Strong evidence = Str Some evidence = So Little evidence = L

Primary Comprehension Toolkit Informal Record

4 Infer Meaning / Name / Name / Name / Name / Name
Merges background knowledge with text clues to make meaning
Creates mental images (visualizing) while reading, listening, and viewing
Infers and visualizes from features and pictures
Infers meaning of unfamiliar words and concepts
Infers from text and pictures to understand the story

*Strong evidence = Str Some evidence = So Little evidence = L

Primary Comprehension Toolkit Informal Record

5 Determine Importance / Name / Name / Name / Name / Name
Distinguishes between interesting details and important information
Identifies and codes important information
Paraphrases, putting information into own words to better understand it
Distinguishes between facts, questions, responses in taking notes
Organizes thinking to prepare to share it

*Strong evidence = Str Some evidence = So Little evidence = L

Primary Comprehension Toolkit Informal Record

6 Summarize & Synthesize / Name / Name / Name / Name / Name
Merges thinking (questions, connections, inferences) to understand important information/key ideas
Puts information into own words without saying too much
Synthesizes big ideas from a collection of facts
Creates ways to write, draw, and share learning and make thinking visible
Responds to and learns from peers and participates in a community of learners

*Strong evidence = Str Some evidence = So Little evidence = L