https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 06:44:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/young-readers-a-continuum-of-skills#post-2691627 Fri, 03 Feb 2017 21:41:09 +0000 808love 2691627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is in kindergarten. She picked up reading quickly and does all the things that Self-Extending Readers do except she doesn't read text that requires sustained understanding over several days or weeks. Definitely not weeks. Maybe two or three days. I lose interest fast as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/young-readers-a-continuum-of-skills#post-2691626 Fri, 03 Feb 2017 21:39:33 +0000 Freckles 2691626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD will turn 5 in April and currently in preK. I think she is between transitional and extending, but some advanced points would apply too. She can definitely get absorbed in reading and showing a big interest in chapter books like the Runaway Ralph and Ramona series. Her oral reading is pretty fluent. She will usually read a word and ask us the meaning too.</p> <p>We didn't teach her to read though. She is not a good phonetic reader but has an amazing memory (Not purely memorizing stories but if she has seen the word once she will remember it). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/young-readers-a-continuum-of-skills#post-2691504 Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:40:17 +0000 travellingbee 2691504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: sounds like my guy right now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/young-readers-a-continuum-of-skills#post-2691360 Fri, 03 Feb 2017 12:37:52 +0000 Anagram 2691360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is 3.5 and is an emergent reader. </p> <p>-She can recognize and write her own name and all of our names in her immediate family (Dada, Mama, Nana, etc), and a couple of other random words she has learned to site read at school, like "go" and "cat".<br /> -she knows what words and and what the spaces are and can recognize where one word stops and another begins<br /> -she knows we read left to right<br /> -She knows all the sound-letter relationships</p> <p>She does NOT:<br /> -Read simple stories with one to two lines per page and illustrations that provide a lot of information<br /> -Comprehend meaning from simple texts (except for the few site words she knows)<br /> -Hear individual sounds in words (unless I slow it down for her). For example: The other day, she told me "surprise" starts with a P and kept saying "suh-Ppppp-rize", like really emphasizing the P and not understanding why it actually starts with an S until I repeated the word emphasizing the S sound. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/young-readers-a-continuum-of-skills#post-2691334 Fri, 03 Feb 2017 12:03:51 +0000 looch 2691334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: Yes, it's amazing. I didn't realize how much material is out there.</p> <p>And what's even more amazing is that he's also learning to read and write in Spanish at the same time. Granted it's only once a week for now, but still, he can spell all the colors, for example.</p> <p>Oh and I also want to give a big shout out to the Librarian! She's helped my son branch out into other types of books (he was stuck on books about vehicles for a while). Imgaine my joy when he brought home and read The Giving Tree to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/young-readers-a-continuum-of-skills#post-2691330 Fri, 03 Feb 2017 11:58:36 +0000 travellingbee 2691330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Sounds like a great program! And your kindergartner is reading chapter books already?! Amazing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/young-readers-a-continuum-of-skills#post-2691313 Fri, 03 Feb 2017 11:38:01 +0000 looch 2691313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would classify my son as Transitional. He's also in K, and I sent him to K not able to read. I am really impressed with the school's literacy program. They have a full time literacy coordinator that works with both students and teachers to develop targeted materials. Then they employ what they call Power Teams to group kids together based on ability so everyone gets what they need.</p> <p>Transitional Readers:<br /> ◾Read silently most of the time<br /> ◾Have a large collection of words read with automaticity<br /> ◾Rely on multiple text and graphical features for making meaning<br /> ◾Use letter-sound relationships, context, and grammatical structure to monitor meaning-making<br /> ◾Compare text to illustrations to monitor reading accuracy<br /> ◾Use illustrations for additional meaning but do not rely on them for meaning<br /> ◾Understand and interpret graphics in informational text<br /> ◾Have strategies to approach a few different genres<br /> ◾Use a variety of word – solving strategies flexibly<br /> ◾Read fluently and with phrasing<br /> ◾Read texts with many lines of print, short chapters, and more complex picture books<br /> ◾Read texts from multiple genres </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/young-readers-a-continuum-of-skills#post-2691302 Fri, 03 Feb 2017 11:23:17 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2691302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we have an early reader! </p> <p>I need to find more time to practice with her. </p> <p>Early Readers:</p> <p>Know the names of most alphabet letters and many sound-letter relationships<br /> Use letter-sound relationships and contextual meaning to solve unknown words<br /> Read without pointing to individual words<br /> Begin to read silently<br /> Read fluently on easy texts, using phrasing and punctuation correctly<br /> Recognize most easy high-frequency words<br /> Monitor their reading for sound and meaning accuracy<br /> Use illustrations for additional information about text rather than a primary source of information<br /> Read longer stories with high frequency words, repetition, and illustrations that support the meaning of text </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/young-readers-a-continuum-of-skills#post-2646985 Thu, 03 Nov 2016 19:00:00 +0000 travellingbee 2646985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 is beginning to read and as a reading teacher, I find it fascinating to see my own child's progression into reading. This website has great information on the continuum of reading skills so I thought I would share. </p> <p><a href="https://reachcommonground.wordpress.com/the-continuum-of-reading-stages/" rel="nofollow">https://reachcommonground.wordpress.com/the-continuum-of-reading-stages/</a> </p> <p>If you have a preschooler or older, where do you feel your child is right now on this continuum and what do they still need to learn?</p> <p>My DS is an emergent reader. (He knows all his letters and what sounds they make. He can break apart a word into it's sounds and can spell simple words. He can sound out short vowel words and have a couple of sight words. He can write his name, he points to words as he reads etc.) </p> <p>Emergent Readers:</p> <p>Show an awareness of print and that printed words hold meaning<br /> Read orally and point to words while reading, correctly matching written and spoken words<br /> Comprehend meaning from simple texts<br /> Hear individual sounds in words<br /> Recognize the letters in their own names<br /> Use illustrations to extract meaning<br /> Notice that words have spaces between them and are individual units<br /> Know the names of some alphabet letters<br /> Know some sound-letter relationships<br /> Understand that text is read from left to right<br /> Recognize a few high frequency words<br /> Read simple stories with one to two lines per page and illustrations that provide a lot of information </p>