ELA.GR1.2.1

Use Strategies and CuesUse prior knowledge:-use knowledge of how oral language is used in a variety of contexts to construct and confirm meaning-use previous experience and knowledge of oral language to make connections to the meaning of oral, print and other media texts-use knowledge of context, pictures, letters, words, sentences, predictable patterns and rhymes in a variety of oral, print and other media texts to construct and confirm meaning-use knowledge of print, pictures, book covers and title pages to construct and confirm meaningUse comprehension strategies:-use language prediction skills to identify unknown words within the context of a sentence-use a variety of strategies, such as making predictions, rereading and reading on-talk about print or other media texts previously read or viewed-identify the main idea or topic of simple narrative and expository textsUse comprehension strategies:-identify by sight some familiar words from favourite print texts-identify high frequency words by sight-read aloud with some fluency and accuracy, after rehearsal-self-correct when reading does not make sense, using cues such as pictures, context, phonics, grammatical awareness and background knowledgeUse textual cues:-preview book cover, pictures and location of text to assist with constructing and confirming meaning-use word boundaries, capital letters, periods, question marks and exclamation marks to assist with constructing and confirming meaning during oral and silent reading