The Stages of Learning to Reading and Why They are Important

1. Awareness and Exploration of Reading

1.1. Pre-K to early Kindergarten

1.2. Watch the first few clips of the video for understanding on what this stage looks like.

2. Emergent Reading Stage

2.1. Typically Pre-K

2.2. The students can become comfortable with the books. They also start to recognize different letters and words.

3. Early Reading Stage

3.1. Kindergarten to early Grade 1

3.2. In this stage, children can understand the story more and start to make connections between the pictures and the events in the story.

4. Transitional Reading Stage

4.1. Typically Grade 1 to Grade 2

4.2. Students are beginning to comprehend the text and read at a decent pace. They still need help with words but they have more understanding.

4.3. Picture of books found in the second grade classroom

5. Fluent Reading Stage

5.1. Grade 3 and higher

5.2. Students are able to begin to read independently. They are confident in their understanding of how the text works.