Reading

Preschool Reading

Examines conventions of print (left to right, top to bottom, holds book correctly)
Actively listens and responds to oral reading
Examines the title of a story
Recognizes story order
Begins to recognize rhyme
Listens to poetry and nursery rhymes
Begins to visualize
Varies voice and speech techniques
Participates in discussions
Retells a story
Makes predictions about story events
Dramatizes
Increases vocabulary
Recognizes first name in print
Recites the alphabet
Begins to recognize letter sounds
Visits the public library
Looks at books

Prekindergarten Reading

Examines conventions of print (right to left, top to bottom, holds book correctly, turns pages)
Actively listens and responds to oral reading
Examines the title, author, and illustrator of a story
Recognizes and repeats story order
Recognizes rhyme
Listens to and repeats poetry and nursery rhymes
Interprets a picture story
Applies prior knowledge
Visualizes
Participates in discussions
Retells a story
Makes predictions about story events
Dramatizes
Increases vocabulary
Recognizes first name in print
Recites the alphabet
Recognizes uppercase letters
Begins to recognize initial consonant sound of words
Begins to recognize color and number words
Visits the public library
Looks at books

Kindergarten Reading

Reading Skills

Applies conventions of print (left to right, top to bottom, front to back, holds book, turns pages, punctuation) accurately
Identifies the title, author, and illustrator of a story
Rhymes
Listens to and recites poetry
Increases vocabulary
Recognizes first and last name in print
Recites the alphabet
Recognizes uppercase and lowercase letters
Reads color and number words
Identifies sight words
Reads Fry’s Common Words 1-20
Begins to arrange words in logical sentence order
Chooses appropriate material to read independently

Phonics

Identifies and applies consonant sounds
Identifies and applies short vowel sounds
Identifies and produces initial and final sounds in words
Recognizes word family patterns
Identifies the number of syllables in a word
Identifies, segments, and combines sounds within a single syllable word

Comprehension

Actively listens and responds to oral reading
Observes and retells a story in sequence
Interprets a picture story
Applies prior knowledge
Visualizes
Makes and checks predictions
Dramatizes
Identifies details and facts
Uses and identifies pronouns and their referents
Classifies and compares
Previews text
Uses criteria to develop literary responses
Clarifies understanding through rereading and discussion

Literary Analysis

Expresses and supports opinion
Distinguishes between realism and fantasy, fiction and non-fiction
Examines literary elements (characters, setting, beginning, middle and end)
Examines a work of literature through a variety of media

First Grade Reading

Reading Skills

Applies conventions of print (left to right, top to bottom, front to back, holds book, turns pages, punctuation) accurately
Identifies the title, author, and illustrator of a story
Reads a variety of genres
Rhymes
Increases and applies vocabulary
Identifies uppercase and lowercase letters
Explains letter casing in text
Arranges words in alphabetical order to the first letter
Identifies sight words
Reads Fry’s Common Words 1-100
Begins to recognize homophones, homographs, and words with multiple meanings
Identifies and uses contractions and compound words
Uses picture, context, phonetic, root word, and syllabication clues to identify unknown words
Recognizes changes in words to express plural, possessive, and tense
Arranges words in logical sentence order
Uses appropriate volume, intonation, enunciation, expression, and rate of fluency
Uses punctuation to guide fluent oral reading
Begins to self-correct
Participates in paired, choral, shared, and echo reading
Chooses appropriate material to read independently

Phonics

Identifies and applies consonant sounds, blends, and digraphs (th, ch, sh, wh)
Identifies and applies short, long, and r-controlled vowel sounds
Identifies and applies vowel digraphs (ay, ie, ea, oo) and diphthongs (oi, oy, ow, ou, ew)
Identifies and uses hard and soft consonants
Identifies and produces initial, medial, and final sounds in words
Recognizes word family patterns
Identifies the number of syllables in a word
Identifies, segments, and combines sounds within a word
Identifies, segments, and combines syllables within a word

Comprehension

Recognizes a purpose for reading
Recognizes universal themes in literature
Actively listens and responds to oral reading
Observes and retells a story in sequence
Recognizes cause and effect
Interprets illustrations
Applies prior knowledge
Makes connections within a text, to other text, and to personal experience
Visualizes
Makes, confirms, and revises predictions
Begins to make inferences
Draws conclusions
Dramatizes
Summarizes
Recognizes details and facts
Identifies pronouns and their antecedents
Categorizes, compares and contrasts
Previews text
Uses criteria to develop literary responses
Clarifies understanding through rereading and discussion

Literary Analysis

Recognizes author’s purpose
Expresses and supports opinion
Begins to identify characteristics of folktales and fables,
Distinguishes between realism and fantasy, fiction, and non-fiction
Examines literary elements (characters, settings, beginning, middle, and end, theme, conflict)
Examines literary devices (Rhyme, repetition, illiteration, imagery, onomonapoeia, dialogue)
Examines the structure of poetry
Examines a work of literature through a variety of media

Second Grade Reading

Reading Skills

Applies conventions of print (punctuation) accurately
Identifies the title, author, and illustrator of a story
Reads a variety of genres
Rhymes
Increases and applies vocabulary
Arranges words in alphabetical order to the second letter
Reads sight words
Reads Fry’s Common Words 1-300
Recognizes and uses homophones, homographs, words with multiple meanings, synonyms, and antonyms
Identifies root words with and without changes
Identifies and uses contractions, compound words, suffixes and prefixes
Uses picture, context, phonetic, root words, and syllabication clues to identify unknown words
Recognizes changes in words to express plural, possessive, and tense
Arranges words in logical sentence order
Uses appropriate volume, intonation, enunciation, expression, and rate of fluency
Uses punctuation to guide fluent oral reading
Self-corrects
Participates in paired, choral, shared, and echo reading
Chooses appropriate material to read independently

Phonics

Identifies and applies consonant sounds, blends, and digraphs (th, ch, sh, wh, ng)
Identifies and applies short, long, and r-controlled vowel sounds
Identifies and applies vowel digraphs (ay, ie, ea, oo, ee, ai, oa) and diphthongs (oi, oy, ow, ou, ew, au)
Identifies and uses hard and soft consonants
Identifies and produces initial, medial, and final sounds in words
Recognizes and uses word family patterns
Identifies the number of syllables in a word
Identifies, segments, and combines sounds within a word
Identifies, segments, and combines syllables within a word

Comprehension

Recognizes a purpose for reading
Recognizes and discusses universal themes in literature
Actively listens and responds to oral reading
Observes and retells a story in sequence
Recognizes and applies cause and effect
Interprets illustrations
Applies prior knowledge
Begins to generate questions
Makes connections within a text, to other text, and to personal experience
Visualizes
Makes, confirms, and revises predictions
Makes inferences and draws conclusions
Dramatizes
Summarizes
Paraphrases
Recognizes and discusses details and facts
Begins to identify main idea
Uses and identifies pronouns and their referents
Categorizes, compares, and contrasts
Previews text
Uses criteria to develop literary responses (i.e. book reports, simple paragraph, poetry)
Clarifies understanding through rereading and discussion

Literary Analysis

Recognizes author’s purpose
Expresses and supports opinion
Distinguishes between realism and fantasy, fiction and non-fiction
Identifies characteristics of folktales, fables, articles, and biographies
Examines literary elements (character, plot, setting, beginning, middle, end, theme, conflict, dialogue, climax)
Examines literary devices (rhyme, repetition, illiteration, onomonapoeia, dialogue, humor, analogies, imagery, personification)
Examines the structure of poetry
Examines a work of literature through a variety of media

Third Grade Reading

Reading Skills

Applies conventions of print accurately
Identifies the title, author, copyright, publisher, and illustrator of a story
Reads a variety of genres
Increases and applies vocabulary
Arranges words in alphabetical order
Reads sight words
Reads Fry’s Common Words 1-500
Recognizes and uses homophones, homographs, words with multiple meanings, synonyms, and antonyms
Identifies root words with and without changes
Identifies and uses contractions, compound words, suffixes and prefixes
Uses picture, context, phonetic, root words, and syllabication clues to identify unknown words
Recognizes changes in words to express plural, possessive, and tense
Uses appropriate volume, intonation, enunciation, expression, and rate of fluency
Uses punctuation to guide fluent oral reading
Self-corrects
Participates in paired, choral, shared, and echo reading
Chooses appropriate material to read independently

Phonics

Identifies and applies consonant blends and digraphs
Identifies and applies long, and r-controlled vowel sounds
Identifies and applies vowel digraphs and diphthongs
Identifies and uses hard and soft consonants
Identifies and uses silent consonants
Identifies and produces medial and final sounds in words
Identifies the number of syllables in a word
Identifies, segments, and combines sounds within a word
Identifies, segments, and combines syllables within a word
Identifies the accented syllable in a word

Comprehension

Identifies a purpose for reading
Recognizes and discusses universal themes in literature
Actively listens and responds to oral reading
Retells a story in sequence
Recognizes and applies cause and effect
Interprets illustrations
Applies prior knowledge
Generates questions
Makes connections within a text, to other text, and to personal experience
Visualizes
Makes, confirms, and revises predictions
Makes inferences and draws conclusions
Dramatizes
Summarizes
Paraphrases
Recognizes and discusses details and facts
Identifies main idea and gives supporting details
Identifies pronouns and their referents
Categorizes, compares, and contrasts
Previews text
Uses criteria to develop literary responses
Clarifies understanding through rereading and discussion

Literary Analysis

Recognizes author’s purpose
Expresses and supports opinion
Identifies the characteristics of biographies, autobiographies, articles, mysteries, novels, and journals
Distinguishes between realism, fantasy, fiction, non-fiction, fact, and opinion
Identifies literary elements (plot, setting, character, theme, beginning, middle, end, conflict, climax, begin point of view, resolution)
Identifies literary devices (rhyme, repetition, illiteration, onomonapoeia, dialogue, humor, analogies, imagery, personification, simile, metaphor)
Examines the structure of poetry
Examines a work of literature through a variety of media

Fourth Grade Reading

Reading Skills

Applies conventions of print accurately
Identifies the title, author, copyright, publisher, and illustrator of a story
Reads a variety of genres
Increases and applies vocabulary
Arranges words in alphabetical order
Reads sight words
Reads Fry’s Common Words 1-800
Identifies words from other languages
Recognizes and uses homophones, homographs, words with multiple meanings, synonyms, and antonyms
Identifies and uses contractions, compound words, suffixes and prefixes
Uses picture, context, phonetic, root words, and syllabication clues to identify unknown words
Recognizes changes in words to express plural, possessive, and tense
Uses appropriate volume, intonation, enunciation, expression, and rate of fluency
Uses punctuation to guide fluent oral reading
Self-corrects
Participates in paired, choral, and shared reading
Chooses appropriate material to read independently

Phonics

Applies consonant blends and digraphs
Applies long and r-controlled vowel sounds
Applies vowel digraphs and diphthongs
Uses hard and soft consonants
Identifies and uses silent consonants
Identifies and produces medial sounds in words
Identifies the number of syllables in a word
Identifies, segments, and combines syllables within a word
Identifies the accented syllable in a word

Comprehension

Identifies a purpose for reading
Recognizes and discusses universal themes in literature
Actively listens and responds to oral reading
Begins to skim text
Interprets illustrations
Applies prior knowledge
Generates questions
Makes connections within a text, to other text, and to personal experience
Visualizes
Makes, confirms, and revises predictions
Makes inferences and draws conclusions
Dramatizes
Summarizes
Paraphrases
Identifies main idea, supporting details, and cause and effect
Identifies pronouns and their referents
Categorizes, compares, and contrasts
Previews text
Uses criteria to develop literary responses
Clarifies understanding through rereading and discussion

Literary Analysis

Recognizes author’s purpose and theme
Expresses and supports opinion
Identifies and compares the characteristics of biographies, autobiographies, articles, mysteries, novels, historical fiction, science fiction, and journals
Compares and contrasts realism, fantasy, fiction, non-fiction, fact, and opinion
Identifies literary elements (plot, setting, character, theme, conflict, climax, point of view, resolution, foreshadowing, dialogue)
Identifies literary devices (rhyme, repetition, illiteration, onomonapoeia, dialogue, humor, analogies, imagery, personification, simile, metaphor, idiom)
Examines the structure of poetry
Examines and compares works of literature through a variety of media

Fifth Grade Reading

Reading Skills

Applies conventions of print accurately
Reads a variety of genres
Increases and applies vocabulary
Arranges words in alphabetical order
Reads sight words
Reads Fry’s Common Words 1-1000
Identifies words from other languages
Uses homophones, homographs, words with multiple meanings, synonyms, and antonyms
Uses contractions, compound words, suffixes and prefixes
Uses picture, context, phonetic, root words, and syllabication clues to identify unknown words
Recognizes changes in words to express plural, possessive, and tense
Uses appropriate volume, intonation, enunciation, expression, and rate of fluency
Uses punctuation to guide fluent oral reading
Self-corrects
Participates in paired, choral, and shared reading
Chooses appropriate material to read independently

Phonics

Applies phonics and structural analysis to understand and decode new words
Identifies the number of syllables in a word
Identifies, segments, and combines syllables within a word
Identifies the accented syllable in a word

Comprehension

Identifies a purpose for reading
Recognizes and discusses universal themes in literature
Actively listens and responds to oral reading
Interprets illustrations
Applies prior knowledge
Generates questions
Skims text
Explains connections within a text, to other text, and to personal experience
Visualizes
Makes, confirms, and revises predictions
Makes inferences and draws conclusions
Dramatizes
Summarizes
Paraphrases
Identifies topic sentence, main idea, supporting details, and cause and effect
Categorizes, compares, and contrasts
Previews text
Uses criteria to develop literary responses
Clarifies understanding through rereading and discussion

Literary Analysis

Identifies and summarizes author’s purpose and theme
Expresses and supports opinion
Identifies and compares the characteristics of biographies, autobiographies, articles, mysteries, novels, short stories, personal narrative, speeches, historical fiction, science fiction, persuasive essays, and journals
Compares and contrasts realism, fantasy, fiction, non-fiction, fact, and opinion
Identifies literary elements (plot, setting, character, theme, conflict, climax, point of view, resolution, foreshadowing, dialogue, exaggeration, bias)
Identifies literary devices (rhyme, repetition, illiteration, onomonapoeia, dialogue, humor, analogies, imagery, personification, simile, metaphor, idiom, slang, hyperbole, flashback, suspense)
Examines the structure of poetry
Examines and compares works of literature through a variety of media

Sixth Grade Reading

Reading Skills

Applies conventions of print accurately
Reads a variety of genres
Increases and applies vocabulary
Arranges words in alphabetical order
Reads sight words
Reads Fry’s Common Words 1-1000
Identifies words from other languages
Uses homophones, homographs, words with multiple meanings, synonyms, and antonyms
Uses contractions, compound words, suffixes and prefixes
Uses picture, context, phonetic, root words, word origins, and syllabication clues to identify unknown words
Recognizes changes in words to express plural, possessive, and tense
Uses appropriate volume, intonation, enunciation, expression, and rate of fluency
Uses punctuation to guide fluent oral reading
Self-corrects
Participates in paired, choral, and shared reading
Chooses appropriate material to read independently

Phonics

Applies phonics, structural analysis, syllabication to understand and decode new words

Comprehension

Establishes a purpose for reading
Recognizes and discusses universal themes in literature
Actively listens and responds to oral reading
Interprets illustrations
Applies prior knowledge
Generates questions
Skims text
Explains connections within a text, to other text, to personal experience, text to the world
Visualizes
Previews text and makes, confirms, and revises predictions
Makes inferences and draws conclusions
Dramatizes
Summarizes
Paraphrases
Begins to synthesize
Compares and contrasts the differences between summarizing, paraphrasing and plagiarizing
Identifies topic sentence, main idea, supporting details, and cause and effect
Categorizes, compares, and contrasts organizational patterns of text
Uses criteria to develop literary responses
Analyzes through rereading and discussion

Literary Analysis

Summarizes and analyzes author’s purpose and theme
Begins to analyze the author’s use of literary devices
Expresses and supports opinion
Identifies and compares and contrasts the characteristics of biographies, autobiographies, articles, mysteries, novels, short stories, personal narratives, speeches, historical fiction, science fiction, persuasive essays, interviews, literature responses, journals, diaries, and letters
Compares and contrasts realism, fantasy, fiction, non-fiction, fact, and opinion
Demonstrates an understanding of literary elements (plot, setting, character, character motivation and action, theme, conflict, climax, point of view, resolution, foreshadowing, dialogue, exaggeration, bias, mood, symbolism)
Demonstrates an understanding of literary devices (rhyme, repetition, illiteration, onomonapoeia, dialogue, humor, analogies, imagery, personification, simile, metaphor, colloquialism, connotation, denotation, slang, idiom, hyperbole, flashback, suspense)
Analyzes the structure of poetry
Examines, compares and contrasts works of literature through a variety of media

Seventh Grade Reading

Reading Skills

Applies conventions of print accurately
Reads a variety of genres
Increases and applies vocabulary
Arranges words in alphabetical order
Reads sight words
Reads Fry’s Common Words 1-1000
Identifies words from other languages
Uses homophones, homographs, words with multiple meanings, synonyms, and antonyms
Uses contractions, compound words, suffixes and prefixes
Uses picture, context, phonetic, root words, word origins, and syllabication clues to identify unknown words
Recognizes changes in words to express plural, possessive, and tense
Uses appropriate volume, intonation, enunciation, expression, and rate of fluency
Uses punctuation to guide fluent oral reading
Self-corrects
Participates in paired, choral, and shared reading
Chooses appropriate material to read independently

Phonics

Applies phonics, structural analysis, syllabication to understand and decode new words

Comprehension

Establishes a purpose for reading
Recognizes and discusses universal themes in literature
Actively listens and responds to oral reading
Interprets illustrations
Applies prior knowledge
Generates questions
Skims text
Explains connections within a text, to other text, to personal experience, and text to the world
Visualizes
Previews text and makes, confirms, and revises predictions
Makes inferences and draws conclusions
Dramatizes
Summarizes
Paraphrases
Synthesizes
Compares and contrasts the differences between summarizing, paraphrasing and plagiarizing
Identifies topic sentence, main idea, supporting details, and cause and effect
Categorizes, compares, and contrasts organizational patterns of text
Uses criteria to develop literary responses (i.e. illustrations, book reports, storyboards, journals etc.)
Evaluates and critiques literature
Analyzes through rereading and discussion

Literary Analysis

Summarizes and analyzes author’s purpose and theme
Analyzes the author’s use of literary devices
Evaluates the author’s style
Expresses and supports opinion
Compares and contrasts the characteristics of biographies, autobiographies, articles, mysteries, novels, short stories, personal narratives, speeches, historical fiction, science fiction, persuasive essays, interviews, literature responses, journals, diaries, and letters
Compares and contrasts realism, fantasy, fiction, non-fiction, fact, and opinion
Demonstrates an understanding of story elements (plot, setting, character, character motivation and action, theme, conflict, climax, point of view, resolution, foreshadowing, dialogue, exaggeration, bias, mood, symbolism, irony)
Demonstrates an understanding of literary devices (rhyme, repetition, illiteration, onomonapoeia, dialogue, humor, analogies, imagery, personification, simile, metaphor, idiom, colloquialism, connotation, denotation, slang, hyperbole, flashback, suspense)
Analyzes the structure of poetry
Examines, compares and contrasts works of literature through a variety of media

Eighth Grade Reading

Reading Skills

Applies conventions of print accurately
Reads a variety of genres
Increases and applies vocabulary
Arranges words in alphabetical order
Reads sight words
Reads Fry’s Common Words 1-1000
Identifies words from other languages
Uses homophones, homographs, words with multiple meanings, synonyms, and antonyms
Uses contractions, compound words, suffixes and prefixes
Uses picture, context, phonetic, root words, word origins, and syllabication clues to identify unknown words
Recognizes changes in words to express plural, possessive, and tense
Uses appropriate volume, intonation, enunciation, expression, and rate of fluency
Uses punctuation to guide fluent oral reading
Self-corrects
Participates in paired, choral, and shared reading
Chooses appropriate material to read independently

Phonics

Applies phonics, structural analysis, syllabication to understand and decode new words

Comprehension

Establishes a purpose for reading
Recognizes and discusses universal themes in literature
Actively listens and responds to oral reading
Interprets illustrations
Applies prior knowledge
Generates questions
Skims text
Explains connections within a text, to other text, to personal experience, and text to the world
Visualizes
Previews text and makes, confirms, and revises predictions
Makes inferences and draws conclusions
Dramatizes
Summarizes
Paraphrases
Synthesizes
Compares and contrasts the differences between summarizing, paraphrasing and plagiarizing
Identifies topic sentence, main idea, supporting details, and cause and effect
Categorizes, compares, and contrasts organizational patterns of text
Uses criteria to develop literary responses (illustrations, book reports, storyboards, journals etc.)
Evaluates and critiques literature
Analyzes through rereading and discussion

Literary Analysis

Summarizes and analyzes author’s purpose and theme
Analyzes the author’s use of literary devices
Evaluates the author’s style
Expresses and supports opinion
Compares and contrasts the characteristics of biographies, autobiographies, articles, mysteries, novels, short stories, personal narratives, speeches, historical fiction, science fiction, persuasive essays, interviews, literature responses, journals, diaries, and letters
Compares and contrasts realism, fantasy, fiction, non-fiction, fact, and opinion
Demonstrates an understanding of literary elements (plot, setting, character, character motivation and action, theme, conflict, climax, point of view, resolution, foreshadowing, dialogue, exaggeration, bias, mood, tone, symbolism, irony)
Demonstrates an understanding of literary devices (rhyme, repetition, illiteration, onomonapoeia, dialogue, humor, analogies, imagery, personification, simile, metaphor, idiom, colloquialism, connotation, denotation, slang, hyperbole, flashback, suspense)
Analyzes the structure of poetry
Examines, compares and contrasts works of literature through a variety of media

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