These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.

• partial: Link what is read or heard to own experiences; draw on background knowledge and vocabulary to support understanding of texts

  Fictional or imagined connections are adapted evidence, not proof of the source personal-experience clauses. Real-life connection remains optional and unobserved.

• partial: Make text-to-self connections (e.g. 'This reminds me of when I...')

  Fictional or imagined connections are adapted evidence, not proof of the source personal-experience clauses. Real-life connection remains optional and unobserved.

• partial: Use personal experience to understand a character's feelings

  Fictional or imagined connections are adapted evidence, not proof of the source personal-experience clauses. Real-life connection remains optional and unobserved.

• partial: Relate events in a story to own life to deepen comprehension

  Fictional or imagined connections are adapted evidence, not proof of the source personal-experience clauses. Real-life connection remains optional and unobserved.

• partial: When {{name}} hears or reads a story about something familiar — like going to school or visiting a grandparent — do they connect it to their own life and use that to help understand what's happening?

  Fictional or imagined connections are adapted evidence, not proof of the source personal-experience clauses. Real-life connection remains optional and unobserved.

• Fictional or imagined connections are adapted evidence, not proof of the source personal-experience clauses. Real-life connection remains optional and unobserved.