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Level 1 Level 1 Readers are only beginning to tap prior
knowledge and apply it to what they read, so they may lack the
confidence to make their own meaning from written text. These students
are generally unfamiliar with strategies for:
- developing vocabulary
- improving reading comprehension
- using higher-order thinking skills.
Level 1 Readers may not be aware that texts and purposes for reading
vary. They may not be familiar with the conventions of written
language, either in presentation (basic word structure, sound-symbol
relationship, graphic and meaning relationship) or in concept
formation (object names, category names, concrete versus abstract).
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Level 2 Level 1 Readers should be able to complete the
following:
- translate words to sounds
- follow directions written in monosyllabic words in simple
sentences
- answer a question with the exact words from the text
- Display intermittent control of grammar, mechanics, and syntax
- distinguish fact from opinion in a tabloid newspaper
- read directions on a medicine bottle
- read health and safety postings in a workplace
- read aloud to children using literature written primarily for
young children.
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