Reading is an interactive, recursive process in which students examine, construct, and extend meaning from life, language, print and non-print experiences.
Students read for literary experiences, to gain information, to perform tasks, and for enjoyment.
Beginning readers develop phonemic awareness, letter-knowledge, phonics, word recognition, and story comprehension. Proficient readers construct, extend, and examine their initial understanding when reading a variety of texts. As students develop as readers, the texts that they read increase in complexity, as does the degree of fluency and independence with which they are expected to read. For a detailed description of Bolded and Italicized terms, click here . Evaluate common text features.