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Reading Competencies K-3

Below you will find the reading competencies for Grades K-3. Reading competencies are what your child should be able to do by the end of each grade in the area of reading. Use the reading competencies listed below as a guide to what you can do with your children at home to improve their reading skills.

Kindergarten Reading Competencies

  • Recognizes and names all uppercase and lowercase letters
  • Demonstrates letter-sound correspondences for all single consonants
  • Has a basic understanding of the alphabetic principle (i.e. the idea that the letters in printed words represent sounds in spoken words)
  • Recognizes sight words taught as part of the kindergarten curriculum
  • Follows simple verbal directions
  • Writes own name (first and last) correctly
  • Identifies common words in basic categories (e.g. can give examples of favorite foods or favorite colors)

First Grade Reading Competencies

  • Demonstrates Phonemic Awareness
  • Knows sounds for long and short vowels and for common letter patterns, such as -sh, -th, -ch, -oo, -ee, -igh, -ing, -ed
  • Recognizes sight words taught as part of the first grade curriculum
  • Monitors comprehension while reading in context and self-corrects contextually inappropriate errors
  • Reads and understands simple written instructions
  • Distinguishes between fiction and nonfiction (informational) texts
  • Describes new information gained from texts in own words
  • Recognizes that there is a conventional way to spell words and tries to spell correctly when he or she can

Second Grade Reading Competencies

  • Accurately reads many irregularly spelled words (e.g. ocean, angel)
  • Recognizes sight words taught as part of the second grade curriculum
  • Applies known decoding skills while reading in context
  • Reads with increasing fluency and expression
  • Generates questions before, during, and after reading
  • Demonstrates understanding of story elements in narratives (e.g. setting, characters)
  • Reads nonfiction materials for answers to specific questions or for specific purposes

Third Grade Reading Competencies

  • Uses letter-sound correspondence and structural analysis to decode multi syllable words
  • Recognizes many common words automatically
  • Reads longer, more complex text and chapter books independently and silently
  • Answers literal and inferential questions about grade-appropriate books read aloud by the teacher and about their own reading in context
  • Interprets fiction by discussing the underlying theme or message and by making connections to background knowledge and other text
  • Selects, synthesizes and/or uses relevant information from a text to include in an extension or response to the text

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