Parallel Attributes
of Reading Instruction
“Transitional Reader” 3rd Grade Dependent • Text Forms & Text Features • Visualize • Recall Facts & Main Ideas • Retell & Sequence Events • List & Enumerate • Summarize • Connections & Self-Knowledge • Perspective & Empathy • Analyze & Synthesize • Compare & Contrast • Conclude & Predict • Author’s Purpose • Cause & Effect • Interpret • Evaluate
Independent • Fluency: Word-by-word to longer, meaningful phrases • Phonics: Basic sight words and pattern words • Print Awareness • Phonology
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