- Silent reading
- Reading comprehension: answering literal, interpretive, critical, and appreciative questions
- Identifying characters and setting
- Noting about a character
- Reading for the main idea
- Predicting outcomes
- Sequencing events
- Developing creative thinking
- Contrasting and comparing
- Drawing conclusions
- Recognizing rhyme, similes, analogies, and onomatopoeia
- Phonics for reading: consonant blends
- Developing word recognition skills.
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