| Reading |
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uses context cues and personal experience
to gather meaning from the text
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scans to find simple information
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uses phonics and knowledge of word
parts to decode more easily
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uses conventions of formal text to
find information
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reads text made up of a number of
short paragraphs
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text is familiar with personal and/or
general relevance
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text has concrete information in familiar
concrete wording
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follows simple written instructions
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skims to understand type of text,
scans to find specific information
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uses various conventions of formal
texts to locate and interpret information
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text is within the interest of the
reader with personal and/or general relevance
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text has a combination of concrete
and inferential meaning, some of it complex, some unfamiliar vocabulary
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follows written instructions
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| Writing |
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answers simple comprehension questions
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organizes thoughts to convey main
idea in a paragraph
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uses basic organizers such as common
linking words and parts of a paragraph
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uses appropriate mechanics (see The
Level Descriptions, p 31)
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writes short composition to present
factual information
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organizes information
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uses appropriate connecting words
and relevant supporting details
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uses appropriate levels of language
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uses a variety of sentence structures
(simple and compound)
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uses appropriate mechanics (see The
Level Descriptions, p. 32)
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