Phases+in+Literacy+Development

  Beginning Reading: Writing:
 * Handles a book
 * Turns the pages
 * Looks at pictures
 * Pretends to write on paper with crayon, paint or pencils
 * Understands that signs and symbols tell a message

 Early-emergent Reading:
 * Chooses favourite books, joins in with books read aloud, memorises rhymes and predictable books
 * Turns the pages uses left to right directionality

Writing:
 * Scribble can contain drawing and writing
 * Invents some letters and repeats these
 * Letters and numbers appear
 * Beginning of directionality
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Copies some letters

<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> Emergent Reading:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Begins to grasp concept of words
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Left to right, top to bottom directionality
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Reads word-by-word matching spoken word to print
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Can retell a simple story

<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Writing:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Writes letters and words
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Leaves spaces between words
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Begins to understand a sentence and some punctuation
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Understands that another person can read their written words

<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> Early Reading:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">May still read word-by-word matching each printed word with a spoken word
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Uses multiple sources of information and self corrects if the reading doesn't make sense
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Adjusts reading style to the type of text. Retells the text in sequence.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Increasing fluency of reading and reads vocalising aloud

<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Writing:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Writes about topics that are meaningful
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Can write in simple sentences
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Is aware of and can use most forms of punctuation
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">May use repetitive sentences such as 'I like...'

<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> Transitional Reading:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Reads with more fluency in phrases rather than word-by-word
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Reads silently
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Can retell main ideas and summarise what has been read
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Uses a variety of strategies to comprehend texts

<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Writing:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Can write several sentences with several ideas and includes punctuation
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Records own ideas. Checks spelling and punctuation
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">The speed of writing increases and the ideas rather than the mechanics of writing take over

<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"> Extending Reading:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Changes style of reading to suit the text type
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Careful close reading for directions and research reports and more fluent reading for narrative and descriptions
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Uses a range of reading strategies to identify new words and comprehend texts

<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Writing: <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Writes a range of text types suited to different audiences
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Revises, edits and proof reads, checks for flow and meaning of texts
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Uses a range of punctuation conventions
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Can construct a paragraph with topic sentence
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;">Can link several ideas in a formal piece of text

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 150%; font-family: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Hill, S, 2008, //Developing early literacy. Assessment and teaching//, Eleanor Curtain Publishing. Prahran, VIC.