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Contents 1 Developmental Stages of Reading for Grades K-2 2 Kindergarten 3 First Grade 4 Transitioning from First to Second Grade 5 Second Grade 6 See also 7 Reference

[edit] Developmental Stages of Reading for Grades K-2

[edit] Kindergarten

The child is learning the direction of print in English, letters and sounds, other decoding skills, and that print contains meaning. She often memorizes chants and text.

Books:

• are very short (8 pages)
• have large print
• have few or no words on a page
• are regularly patterned (only 1 or 2 words change from page to page)
• have pictures that provide cues for text
• are highly interesting
• are highly predictable
• contain familiar objects or actions in content

[edit] First Grade

The child is continuing to build decoding skills as well as a sight vocabulary with slightly more difficult text. She reads own writing with ease and confidence.

Books:

• are patterned and short
• have large print
• have multiple lines per page
• have pictures that provide rich cues for text
• sometimes rhyme
• are written in complete sentences
• are highly interesting & entertaining
• have simple concepts and high degree of predictability

[edit] Transitioning from First to Second Grade

The child is learning strategies for decoding and understanding, building fluency and confidence. She relies less on pictures/patterns and more on text and context.

Books:

• have more pages, as many as 48
• still have large print
• have fewer patterns in text
• may have short chapters
• have pictures throughout
• are highly interesting & entertaining
• have easy to follow structure in nonfiction text

[edit] Second Grade

The child has decoding skills that enable him or her to read some material independently. Goals are fluency and confidence in reading both literature and nonfiction.

Books:

• vary greatly with regard to vocabulary, size of print, number of pictures and content
• have headings and are well-organized in nonfiction

• Early 2nd Grade books have considerable text per page with larger print and pictures thoughout
• Late 2nd Grade books have smaller print and sporadic pictures; fiction usually has chapters

[edit] See also

• Chall's stages of reading development

[edit] Reference

Seattle Public School System document

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