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Reading Readiness

Reading Readiness

 

  

 

  

 

Developmental Reading Stages

    Read the following definitions to better understand how children develop reading skills. 

Emergent Reader
  -   knows that the text goes from left to right
-   can distinguish between lower case and upper case letters
-   can blend phonemes (letter sounds)
-   uses pictures for clues
-   retells a simple story which is read to them
-   recalls some details
-   knows names of letters
-   identifies consonant sounds at beginning and end of words
 -   understands the difference between letters and words
-   notices and read environmental print
-   reads one word at a time - choppy
-   selects simple repetitious books
-   reads favorite books over and over
-   sustained reading 5 - 10 minutes
-   has the desire to be a fluent reader
-   enjoys retelling stories
-   makes predictions and tells why 

Early Reader
   -   sequences events in story
-   tells main idea
-   makes predictions
-   identifies main characters
-   identifies setting
-   differentiates between fact and fiction
-   identifies high frequency words
-   awareness of medial vowel sounds
-   context clues
-   to self correct
-   the meaning of . ? !
-   and uses appropriate inflection for punctuation
-   phrases
-   a variety of books
-   sustained reading 10 - 15 minutes
-   to feel confident when reading silently or orally

 Fluent Reader
-   plot of story
-   problem and solution in a story
-   character's actions or behaviors
-   a variety of clues to decode unfamiliar words
-   blends, digraphs, dipthongs
-   vowel rules to sound out words
-   prefixes and suffixes
-   punctuations correctly
-   with expression
-   smoothly
-   a wide variety of books
-   select chapter books
-   sustained reading at least 20 minutes
-   enjoys sharing favorite books
-   challenges
-   reading during free time