Reading Levels and New Strategies to Introduce in Lessons

Grade Comprehension 3 Use context clues, prior experience, and knowledge of text forms to verify and Level adjust predictions. N Make self-text, world-text, text-text Level connections. O Generate questions for research (be Level aware of personal purpose for reading: P reflect on own research process). Use text features (e.g., captions, charts/diagrams, font, glossaries) to preview and locate information. Skim small amount of text to answer literal questions. Seek information from a variety of texts. Identify story elements (setting, characters, events, problem/ resolution, and, when clearly stated, overall theme). Recognize some elements of an authors style/technique (e.g., descriptive language). Visualize characters, settings, situations. Identify principle of order (time, causeeffect, space). Reflect, discuss and ask questions about the text after reading. Discuss personal reaction. (emotional). Discuss opinion about texts giving reasons. Question accuracy of information Phonics Decode most twofour syllable words easily. Use letter sounds flexibly and fluently. May miscue simple words (like a and the) when reading more fluently, words that dont change the meaning. Describe processes and strategies used. Meaningfully recognize text features in various forms. Fluency Sustain fluency on longer texts with more complex sentences and wider range of punctuation and text nuances. Read more rapidly with phrasing and limited selfcorrecting on longer text. Use intonation and expression to match mood, characters, type of text, etc. (interpretive reading). Read familiar passages fluently with phrasing and expression to convey sense of text to audience (may hesitate Vocabulary Understand more sophisticated vocabulary and more complex language structures in longer texts. Use context clues and background knowledge to explain the meaning of new vocabulary, as well as some simple descriptive/figur ative words and sentences. Use wider range of prefixes and suffixes to determine meaning of new words. Use dictionary or on-line reference to find and deepen

(compare with background knowledge). Distinguish between fact and opinion. Identify point of view in text. Identify prejudice, bias, and stereotyping.

occasionally with unfamiliar words). 90-120 Words Correct Per Minute (WCPM)

meaning. Read a wide variety of words with automaticity.