Grades K-5

Grades K-5 for Teachers

The Goal of Reading Instruction:

 Skillful Readers

 Skillful readers demonstrate . . .

 Accuracy

           saying the words correctly

  Automaticity

           recognizing words instantaneously

 Fluency

• reading connected text with ease and minimal effort 
• reading with accuracy and automaticity, as well as appropriate speed, phrasing, and expression

 Active building of meaning

• making ongoing efforts to construct meaning from the text

• drawing on all resources (e.g., knowledge, experiences, language) to understand what they are reading

• using comprehension strategies such as predicting, questioning, and visualizing to help make sense of text

 Self-regulation

• knowing at all stages of the reading whether or not the text is “making sense

•  addressing problems as they emerge (includes problems at the word and text level)

•  choosing to be actively involved before, during, and after reading