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Students make sense of the variety of materials they read.
Good readers, at every grade level and in all content areas, incorporate their prior knowledge about topics and the reading process to comprehend a variety of print and nonprint materials for a variety of purposes. Good readers understand and utilize appropriate strategies before, during, and after engaging with a text. Students who struggle with reading will have difficulty achieving success in school and in life. To become good readers, students must read frequently and respond to their reading through appreciation, interpretation, evaluation, synthesis, and use of what they read. Students must also understand that various types of reading materials have different features that affect how they are read.