READING STRATEGY CHECKLIST

Holds book correctly

Matches spoken words to printed words

Moves from left to right when reading

Uses pictures as source of information

Uses cover, title to tell about general idea of book

Matches spoken words to print words with correct content

Attempts to decide words

Reads known words automatically

Uses pat tems to help in reading

Makes sure the words read make sense

Retells the story with the correct sequence

Decodes using first and last letters

Analyzes story to comment on events or characters

Notices errors and cross-checks

Use internal letters to decode words

Tracks print with eyes, and only uses finger occasionally

Retells and summarizes

Comments on events

Begins to read with fluency

Retells and summarizing keeping events in order

Makes inferences by analyzing story content

Reads words with irregular spelling patterns

Self-corrects errors by reading

Reads fluently (Level 3)

Visualizes to compensate for low picture support

Keeps accumulating story events in mind

Processes more complex vocabulary

Stops and self-corrects at the point of error

Reads fluently (Level 3-4)

Retells the story including all major events 

Process more complex literacy structures including non-fiction

Stops and self-corrects at the point of error

Reads fluently ( Level 4)