American Reading Company 2004



Characteristics of Text
What the Reader needs to know
and be able to do to read successfully
at this level


Representative Titles

K Y One word labeling books of familiar objects
Finds the main idea of a picture. Uses initial consonant sounds to self-prompt. Cross checks with picture clues.

Zoo Colors

Alphabet Labeling books

YY One basic sentence pattern is repeated on each page. Only one word changes per page and that word is clear from the picture. Remembers the sentence. Tracks each word with finger. Uses initial consonant sounds to self-prompt the new word on each page and cross-checks with picture clues. My Mama

Good Night, Gorilla
G Simple sentences with picture and pattern support. Uses first 50 sight words Has automatic recall of first 500 sight words. Uses first leter of an unfamiliar word to self-prompt. Cross checks with picture clues. Have You Seen My Cat?

I Love You Sun, I Love You Moon

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1 GG Simple sentences with picture and pattern support and first 100 sight words. Initial blends and digraphs may be required. Has automatic recall of first 100 sight words. Uses first two letters of a word to self-prompt (blends, digraphs). Cross checks with picture clues. Blue Hat, Green Hat

Bears in the Night
B Simple sentences, first 175 sight words and basic one-syllable word family words (bat, Matt, flat; bike, Mike). Has automatic recall of first 175 sight words. Finds the familiar word chunk inside an unfamiliar one-syllable word and uses rhyming to figure out the word. Spooky Old Tree

Go Dog Go
BB Basic sight vocabulary (250+ sight words). Uses simple two-syllable words (compound words, endings, basic vowel patterns). Uses endings, compound words, and basic word families to figure out most two-syllable words. Sub-vocalizes or whisper reads and still maintains comprehension. Itchy Itchy Chicken Pox

Clifford

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2 R Regular three-syllable words, one- and two-syllable words with vowel digraphs, and three-letter consonant blends. Uses endings, simple prefixes and suffixes, vowel digraphs, three-letter blends, and basic word families to decode simple three-syllable words. Reads silently. Little Bill books

Hungry Hungry Sharks
RR Picture books and first chapter books (usually with some pictures). Uses words from common speech. More advanced phonics elements (e.g., -ion, -tious, i sounding as e in alien). Uses rules of syllabification to decode any word familiar from everyday speech, media, classroom, etc. Sustains interest across sittings, regularly finishes first chapter books. Stories Julian Tells

Magic Treehouse

Junie B Jones

Cam Jansen

 

 

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