Learning to Read

Print Concepts Phonics/ Phonemic Awareness Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension

understands that books Recognizes sounds, Knows the letters of Recognizes Associates stories
hold stories, knows how the alphabet and can objects and the
Toddlers

letters used  with personal

to use a book (turning recognize several by names associated
frequently, and flow of stories
pages, open & close) sight with them
writing Can answer questions
Understands the direction of Begins decoding in Vocabulary begins to
Starts repeating sounds about stories that require
reading (reading left to right, from commonly used words Pre-K (breaking down expand and sentences more than a yes or no
flipping right side pages to the left) words by sound) become longer answer
Recognizes all letters by
Kindergarten

Know that letters Begins

Uses words learned understands that
Can distinguish parts of a sight and knows sounds represent sounds and reading
of letters (some from stories in stories have a plot and
book (page number, can recognize commonly
everyday language can make assumptions
table of contents) phonemes) phonemes within words used words
about stories
(in, the, etc.)

begins to Decodes Knows that Can take something

understand that words while words have written and derive
words have a reading and opposites meaning from it
Starts recognizing
1st grade

correct spelling and additional then blends (instructions,

Recognizes that
them to make
notices syllables phonemes such as two words can summaries)
"sh" and "ch," more the whole have the same
than single letter word meaning
phonemes Can predict
Can Can
Starts to read at meaning of
Starts attempting to read expand paraphrase
new words by
2nd grade

longer words using a faster pace, words the events in

the meaning of
decoding and phoneme reading larger uning tense
words around stories, in
awareness (including suffixes or
blended sounds, "sh")
books as well it order, from
Starts prefixes
memory
Is using
Can follow
Is able to focus long learning words in
mean of every day the line of
enough to read
3rd grade

roots and language cause and

regularly and read prefixes that have
effect
been
bigger books and learned from
reading
suffixes