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 K Gist: Students ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

They consider:

 What words or phrases are hard for me?

 What do I think they mean?

 Do the illustrations give clues about the meaning of a word?

 Are some words written in bold (to signal that they’re important)? Is there an illustration on the page that helps me understand the word in bold?

 1 Gist: Students ask and answer questions to determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar words.

They consider:

 Do the illustrations or text features (titles, headings, captions) help me figure out the meaning of a word?

 Are there words the author uses repeatedly? (These often indicate the main topic, key ideas, or key details.)

 Are there words written in bold?

 Can I substitute another word in place of the unknown word that would make sense?

 Can I use the words and sentences around the unknown word to figure out what it means?

 2 Gist: Students determine the meaning of words or phrases in a text that are relevant to a content-area topic.

They consider:

 Do the illustrations or text features (titles, headings, captions) help me figure out the meaning of a word?

 Are there words the author uses repeatedly?

 Are there words the author has written in bold? Is there a picture/caption or glossary that refers to the word in bold?

 Can I substitute another word in place of the unknown word that would make sense?

 Can I use the context to figure out special, important words (domain-specific words)?

Note: Although the questions listed above are too difficult for most young students to internalize and apply on their own, we share them to give teachers a detailed sense of what their students should be striving toward as learners. K–2 students may not be able to ask these questions of themselves independently, but teachers can use them as a jumping-off point for lesson content and as prompts and reminders to share with students. Over time and with instruction, students will be able to pose these questions on their own.