Literacy Stages

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Stage One: Emergent Reading

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Notices environmental print

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Stage One: Emergent Reading

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Shows interest in books

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Stage One: Emergent Reading

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Pretends to read

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Stage One: Emergent Reading

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Uses picture cues and predictable patterns in books to retell the story

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Stage One: Emergent Reading

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Rereads familiar books with predictable patterns

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Stage One: Emergent Reading

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Identifies some letter names

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Stage One: Emergent Reading

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Recognizes 5-20 familiar or high-frequency words

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Stage One: Emergent Writing

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Distinguishes between writing and drawing

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Stage One: Emergent Writing

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Writes letters and letter-like forms or scribbles randomly on the page

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Stage One: Emergent Writing

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Develops an understanding of directionality

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Stage One: Emergent Writing

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Shows interest in writing

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Stage One: Emergent Writing

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Writes their first and last names

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Stage One: Emergent Writing

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Writes 5-20 familiar or high-frequency words

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Stage One: Emergent Writing

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Uses sentence frames to write a sentence

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Stage Two: Beginning Reading

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Identifies letter names and sounds

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Stage Two: Beginning Reading

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Matches spoken words to written words

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Stage Two: Beginning Reading

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Recognizes 20-100 high-frequency words

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Stage Two: Beginning Reading

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Uses beginning, middle, and ending sounds to decode words

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Stage Two: Beginning Reading

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Applies knowledge of the cueing systems to monitor reading

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Stage Two: Beginning Reading

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Self-corrects while reading

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Stage Two: Beginning Reading

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Reads slowly, word by word

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Stage Two: Beginning Reading

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Reads orally

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Stage Two: Beginning Reading

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Points to words when reading

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Stage Two: Beginning Reading

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Makes reasonable predictions

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Stage Two: Beginning Writing

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Writes from left to right

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Stage Two: Beginning Writing

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Prints the upper- and lowercase letters

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Stage Two: Beginning Writing

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Writes one or more sentences

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Stage Two: Beginning Writing

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Adds a title

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Stage Two: Beginning Writing

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Spells many words phonetically

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Stage Two: Beginning Writing

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Spells 20-50 high-frequency words correctly

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Stage Two: Beginning Writing

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Writes single-draft compositions

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Stage Two: Beginning Writing

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Uses capital letters to begin sentences

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Stage Two: Beginning Writing

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Uses periods, question marks, and exclamation points to mark the end of sentences

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Stage Two: Beginning Writing

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Can reread their writing

Front 35

Stage Three: Fluent Reading

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Identifies most words automatically

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Stage Three: Fluent Reading

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Reads with expression

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Stage Three: Fluent Reading

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Reads at a rate of 100 words per minute or more

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Stage Three: Fluent Reading

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Prefers to read silently

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Stage Three: Fluent Reading

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Identifies unfamiliar words using the cueing systems

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Stage Three: Fluent Reading

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Recognizes 100-300 high-frequency words

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Stage Three: Fluent Reading

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Uses a variety of strategies effectively

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Stage Three: Fluent Reading

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Often reads independently

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Stage Three: Fluent Reading

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Uses knowledge of text structure and genre to support comprehension

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Stage Three: Fluent Reading

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Makes inferences

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Stage Three: Fluent Writing

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Uses the writing process to write drafts and final copies

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Stage Three: Fluent Writing

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Writes compositions with more than one paragraph

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Stage Three: Fluent Writing

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Indents paragraphs

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Stage Three: Fluent Writing

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Spells most of the 100 high-frequency words

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Stage Three: Fluent Writing

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Uses sophisticated and technical vocabulary

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Stage Three: Fluent Writing

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Applies vowel patterns to spell words

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Stage Three: Fluent Writing

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Adds inflectional endings to words

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Stage Three: Fluent Writing

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Applies capitalization rules

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Stage Three: Fluent Writing

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Uses commas, quotation marks, and other punctuation marks