Stages of Reading

Reading is so incredibly important. I try to read to my Bug at least once a day. Of course, this doesn't always happen but it's definitely something we shoot for. And on some days, like Tuesday at the Library, he gets lots and lots of books read to him.

Stages of Reading

1. Listening to stories, unaware of print and its funcitons.

2. Picture reading, describing pictures.

3. Going through motions of reading; turning pages, tracking print.

4. Pretend Reading; making up story or drawing from memory.

5. Memory Reading; may track print with hand but  not eyes.

6. Scaning for meaning and saying individual words (mostly nouns).

7. Listening for repetition in story and chiming in.

8. Generalizing knowledge from familiar texts to new texts.

9. Recognizing patterns, using contexts clues, sounds of letters/words.

10. Reading with fluency and expression.

A Trick: For your themed holiday and seasonal book, pack them away with your holiday decorations. When next Halloween comes around it will be fun for Bug and I to revisit these great books.

(Notes Bug's hand reaching for his Mickey Mouse Haunted Clubouse Book)