Understanding a longer story
English · Key Stage 1 · The School
Retrieval — it is in the text
Some questions are answered by finding the words. "What colour was the door?" — go back and look. This is RETRIEVAL, and the skill is knowing you must return to the page rather than trusting memory. Point to the exact line with your finger before you answer.
Inference — the text hints
Other questions are not answered directly. "How was she feeling?" when the text says she slammed the door and would not look up. Nobody wrote "angry" and you know it anyway. That is INFERENCE: using clues the writer put there on purpose.
Prediction
A good prediction uses what you have read, not what you would like. If a character has broken a promise twice already, predicting they will keep the third is a wish; predicting they will break it is reading. Say WHY you think it — the reason is the part that shows you understood.
The text says: "Sam pulled his hood up and walked faster, glancing over his shoulder twice before turning the corner." Question: was Sam frightened? The text never says so. But 'walked faster', 'glancing over his shoulder' and 'twice' are all there on the page. Point at those words as you answer. An answer with the proof underlined is worth far more than one that is simply right.