Stages of Learning to ReadOne-Minute PowerPoint

Anna MonteilHDCL – Southern Oregon University

Fall 2014

Picture Governed Reading

Story Not Formed Stage

Children point to and make comments about

illustrations. No coherent story is told.

Story Formed Stage

Children tell a story as they point to illustrations

and turn pages. The story often resembles the actual story line of

the book.

Written Language Like Stage

Children “read” a book by heart, and their retellings match the actual text.

Print Governed Reading

Print Watching, Refusal to Read and Aspectual Stage

Children begin to point to and study the print. They are reluctant to read themselves, and prefer to observe others reading. If they do read on their own, they rely on one strategy at a time such as sight words or phonics to construct meaning from the text.

Print Watched Holistic Stage

Child study print and begin to rely on more than one strategy to construct story meaning.

Independent Reading Stage

Children are able to read books at their level, using many reading strategies including phonics, sight words, and sentence context. They are also able to determine which strategy is appropriate for which text.

Review• Picture-Governed Reading Stages– Story not formed stage– Story formed stage–Written language like stage

• Print-Governed Reading Stages– Print watched, refusal to read and aspectual

stage– Print watched, holistic stage– Independent reading stage