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The Stages of Reading

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Frank Armbruster wrote an article in Practical Homeschool in which he listed his idea of the "Stages in Reading."

Frank Armbruster's Stages in Reading

0 — Non-reading

1 — Realization that some marks on a printed page stand for words (phonemic awareness)

2 — Learning the code to translate the marks to sounds (emerging reading)

3 — Using the code to extract ideas from printed material (able reader)

4 — Reading assigned material, but perhaps reluctantly (able, but no a willing reader)

5 — Reading assigned material without reluctance (willing reader)

6 — Seeking out written material in order to learn something (avid reader)

7 — Neglecting other—perhaps pleasurable—activities in order to read (voracious reader)

I found this very interesting, especially when I placed my own children in the levels defined by Mr. Armbruster.

  • Joely (5yo) is borderline Stage 2/3—emerging/able reader
  • Jaden (10yo) is Stage 5—willing reader
  • Jerah (8yo) is Stage 7—voracious reader

Jerah's already a voracious reader, so our goal is to increase Joely and Jaden's reading levels through modeling and encouragement; the modeling part we already have down pat, but the encouragement part is going to take a little longer.

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Comments

  1. happyhousewife says

    February 21, 2008 at 7:08 pm

    I love this list, I saw something similar years ago but forgot about it. Thanks for posting it.

    Thanks for stopping by my blog.

    Toni

    The Happy Housewife

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