Grade Level Kindergarten Kindergarten First Grade First Grade First Grade Second Grade Second Grade

(end of year) (end of year) (end of year)

PALS score PrePrimer Primer Primer First First or Second First or Second Second or Third

Reading level aa-A B-C D-E F-G H-I J-K L-M

(F & P)

Reading looks Uses pictures to Uses pictures Uses pictures Learn multiple Independently Use known Reads with
and sounds support reading. and first letter to and first letter to strategies to uses strategies words to solve expression.
like: Short sentences solve words. solve words.. solve words: to solve words. more challenging
with repeating Points to words. *sound out words. Uses personal
words. Fewer patterns. words Self-corrects experience to
Sentence pattern *find parts you mistakes and Connect words understand
Points to words repeats on every Learn new know reads with that mean similar stories better.
to support word page. strategies to *try both vowel expression. things to
knowledge (says solve words: sounds. understand new Makes
one word for Learning first * find parts you Vocabulary vocabulary. inferences and
every word on 100 sight words know Self-corrects challenge summarizes the
the page). (I, am, the, to, *stretch out the some mistakes. increases. Reads with story.
like). sounds. expression.
Still learning Letter sound
letter sounds. knowledge Summarizes
strong. stories beginning
to end.

What to ask You read the Where is the What do you see Do you see a Can you read Can you read Tell me what
your child when sentence first, word _____? in the picture that part you know? that without that like the happened in the
reading: then your child matches that stopping? character would story.
reads the How did you letter sound? What other say it?
sentence. know it was that sound can the How did you Why does the
word? How did you vowel make? figure that out? Does that remind character do
Where is the figure that out? you of any words that?
word _____? What happens in How did you What happened you know?
the story? Who are the figure that out? in the story? What will happen
How did you characters? Tell me what next?
know it was that What happened How does the happened in the
word? How does the in the story? character feel? story. (Listen for
character feel? beginning,
How does the middle, end)
character feel?