engages in choral decodes simple CVC and uses expression when uses advanced demonstrates reading, with errors CCVC words familiar text punctuation to automaticity (e.g., recognizes seventy-five engages in choral reading decodes words with expression and phrasing vocabulary in a thematic or more sight words recognizes one hundred common phonetic rules (, : - unit) “”) fifty or more sight words (silent e) begins to demonstrate decodes most recognizes three automaticity (e.g., words hundred or more sight vocabulary in a thematic words unit) Comprehension: engages in a picture activates knowledge generates and answers uses personal uses personal selects and applies a pre-reading walk, with support generates and answers deep-thinking questions experiences, content experiences, content variety of activates prior simple questions (5 Ws) (Why she be going knowledge and knowledge and comprehension knowledge, with uses text features (title, there?) knowledge of similar text knowledge of similar text strategies according to guidance (completes illustrations) to predict demonstrates an to make predictions, to make predictions the nature of the text KWL) content awareness of genres with support examines key vocabulary asks questions, with evaluates a text to (folk tales, comics, sets purpose for reading to reading to guidance determine readability, graphic novels) identifies author’s intent support comprehension with support understands purpose for skims text to develop an reading (to entertain, to overview of content obtain information) text to find selects and evaluates information text for purposefulness, selects and evaluates with support (e.g., text for purposefulness choosing a research (e.g., choosing a research book) book) evaluates a text to reads and evaluates determine readability synopsis reads and evaluates synopsis, with support Comprehension: understands left-right reads patterned and regularly uses text begins to use advanced uses advanced text regularly uses sources of during-reading directionality predictable text features (title, text features (glossary, features (glossary, table reference in text may track word-by-word begins to use text illustrations, author) table of contents, of contents, headings) (e.g., defining bolded uses patterns to read features (title, headings) uses key diagrams, words) predictable text illustrations, author) begins to use key words, graphs and illustrations distinguishes between diagrams, graphs and to fictional and factual text illustrations
engages in choral reading, with errors recognizes seventy-five or more sight words decodes simple CVC and CCVC words engages in choral reading recognizes one hundred fifty or more sight words uses expression when familiar text decodes words with common phonetic rules (silent e) recognizes three hundred or more sight words uses advanced punctuation to expression and phrasing (, : - “”) begins to demonstrate automaticity (e.g., vocabulary in a thematic unit) demonstrates automaticity (e.g., vocabulary in a thematic unit) decodes most words Comprehension: pre-reading engages in a picture walk, with support activates prior knowledge, with guidance (completes KWL) asks questions, with guidance activates knowledge generates and answers simple questions (5 Ws) uses text features (title, illustrations) to predict content evaluates a text to determine readability, with support generates and answers deep-thinking questions (Why she be going there?) demonstrates an awareness of genres (folk tales, comics, graphic novels) understands purpose for reading (to entertain, to obtain information) selects and evaluates text for purposefulness, with support (e.g., choosing a research book) evaluates a text to determine readability reads and evaluates synopsis, with support uses personal experiences, content knowledge and knowledge of similar text to make predictions, with support sets purpose for reading identifies author’s intent skims text to develop an overview of content text to find information selects and evaluates text for purposefulness (e.g., choosing a research book) reads and evaluates synopsis uses personal experiences, content knowledge and knowledge of similar text to make predictions examines key vocabulary to reading to support comprehension selects and applies a variety of comprehension strategies according to the nature of the text Comprehension: during-reading understands left-right directionality may track word-by-word uses patterns to read predictable text reads patterned and predictable text begins to use text features (title, illustrations, author) distinguishes between fictional and factual text regularly uses text features (title, illustrations, author) begins to use advanced text features (glossary, table of contents, headings) begins to use key words, diagrams, graphs and illustrations uses advanced text features (glossary, table of contents, headings) uses key diagrams, graphs and illustrations to regularly uses sources of reference in text (e.g., defining bolded words)