1.1. Use illustrations and words from the reading to establish your understanding of the text: Reference back to the text and its illustrations to support your understanding of what the text is about and its main events.
1.2. Connections between sentences and paragraphs: How do specific sentences fit within their designated paragraphs?
1.3. Compare and contrast important points from two different informational texts about the same concept: identify and explain similarities and differences between the two texts and their key concepts.
2. Structure and Text Features
2.1. Sidebars: includes a reading that correlates with the ideas presented in the main reading
2.2. Glossary: a list of vocabulary words and their definitions. These are key vocabulary terms that correlate with important concepts.
2.3. Headings: establish the main ideas of the readings/paragraphs
2.4. Here is a comprehensive overview of text features: Informational Text Features | Supporting Readers Series l Dr. Kimberly's Literacy Blog
3. Key Ideas and Details
3.1. Finding the main idea: use key facts and key supporting details to establish main ideas
3.2. Supporting your understanding of the text: use supporting details from the text, exact quotes, to support your case of what the main idea is about
3.3. Establishing and explaining relationships between concepts/events/procedures: use implicit and explicit details from the text. Compare and contrast between the two relationships.
