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Reading Standards in the Early Years

by L.M. Morrow
Source: Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall
Topics: Elementary School, Learning to Read, Reading Comprehension

The Primary Literacy Standards (NCEE/LRDC, 1999) suggest the areas for the development of literacy. The following is the general outline for reading standards:

Print-Sound Code

  • Knowledge of letters and their sounds.
  • Phonemic awareness: The ability to hear the different sound segments at the beginning, middle, and end of words and say, or blend, separate phonemes to make meaningful utterances.
  • Reading words: The ability to figure out words from knowledge of the alphabetic principles and the ability to read words learned by sight.

Getting the Meaning

  • Accuracy and fluency when reading: Accuracy is the ability to recognize words correctly. Fluency is the ability to read aloud with appropriate intonations and pauses, indicating that students understand the meaning.
  • Self-monitoring and self-correcting strategies.
  • Comprehension.

Reading Habits

  • Reads a lot.
  • Discusses books.
  • Has a large vocabulary.

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