At the upper levels children will benefit from being able to take words apart to problem solve new words. Students are gaining independence by integrating meaning and structures with varied text. They are mastering the use of all three cueing systems as they read across content areas. The reader needs relevant story situations to build fluency and vocabulary knowledge. Students are reading texts of complex story structure with illustrations that offer moderate support or that extend the text.
Texts are longer and more elaborate with more challenging vocabulary.
They are able to gain deeper meaning of the text and problem solving is required only on unfamiliar words. Predicting what will happen next.