VC2E4LY09

use comprehension strategies, such as visualising, predicting, connecting, summarising, monitoring and questioning, to expand topic knowledge and ideas, and begin to evaluate texts to build literal and inferred meanings

• making connections between information in print, images and sound
• reading or listening for key topic-specific vocabulary words to build understanding
• reading or listening to interpret the main idea and supporting ideas
• identifying evidence and reasoning used by authors to support points or arguments
• applying self-monitoring strategies such as re-reading, pausing and questioning, and self-correction strategies such as confirming and cross-checking
• connecting the use of colours, images, symbols and patterns in texts by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and illustrators
• evaluating an author’s use of evidence to support arguments