A My Child is reading Level books! These books have: I can help by watching and saying: 3 to 6 words on a page “You read it with your eyes” said it slowly and it Simple fiction stories or single idea nonfiction “You helped you.” “You pointed under each word.” One line of text (focus on directionality) said the first sound and it helped “You you” Sentence structure is similar to students’ language; made your voice match the “You words” Repeated pattern tried it again, and you made it “You match!” Includes basic sight words made sense in this part of the “That story” Punctuation includes periods, question marks, and were thinking about what made sense “You there.” exclamation marks made it sound right after you “You fixed it.” Pictures are highly supportive Topics are familiar to children Focus on a single idea After they read, I can say: about what you learned in this “Talk book.” about what happened in the “Talk story.” about what the story made you “Talk think of.” a word that was new or “Show me hard.” some words that were “Show me easy.” you like about this “What did book?” this page, tell me how the picture matches the “On words.” this page, what is this character feeling? How do you “On know?” EXAMPLE: B My Child is reading Level books! These books have: I can help by watching and saying: read it with your 8-10 pages of print, 2 lines of text (return sweep) “You eyes” Sentences increase in length; Sentence structure is “You pointed under each word.” made your voice match the similar to language “You words” students’ tried it again, and you made it “You match!” Repeated words or pattern, including more basic sight made sense in this part of the “That story” words were thinking about what made sense “You there.” Includes some word endings (e.g., s, ed, ing) made it sound right after you “You fixed it.” Punctuation includes periods, question marks, thought about the first sound and it helped “You exclamation marks, & some commas you!”
My Child is reading Level A books! These books have: 3 to 6 words on a page Simple fiction stories or single idea nonfiction One line of text (focus on directionality) Sentence structure is similar to students’ language; Repeated pattern Includes basic sight words Punctuation includes periods, question marks, and exclamation marks Pictures are highly supportive Topics are familiar to children Focus on a single idea I can help by watching and saying: “You read it with your eyes” “You said it slowly and it helped you.” “You pointed under each word.” “You said the first sound and it helped you” “You made your voice match the words” “You tried it again, and you made it match!” “That made sense in this part of the story” “You were thinking about what made sense there.” “You made it sound right after you fixed it.” After they read, I can say: “Talk about what you learned in this book.” “Talk about what happened in the story.” “Talk about what the story made you think of.” “Show me a word that was new or hard.” “Show me some words that were easy.” “What did you like about this book?” “On this page, tell me how the picture matches the words.” “On this page, what is this character feeling? How do you know?” EXAMPLE: My Child is reading Level B books! These books have: 8-10 pages of print, 2 lines of text (return sweep) Sentences increase in length; Sentence structure is similar to students’ language Repeated words or pattern, including more basic sight words Includes some word endings (e.g., s, ed, ing) Punctuation includes periods, question marks, exclamation marks, & some commas I can help by watching and saying: “You read it with your eyes” “You pointed under each word.” “You made your voice match the words” “You tried it again, and you made it match!” “That made sense in this part of the story” “You were thinking about what made sense there.” “You made it sound right after you fixed it.” “You thought about the first sound and it helped you!”