Emerging+Reader

=Reading Continuum Exemplars=

|| ||   || || Uses illustrations to tell stories. || ||   ||    ||    || || || ||
 * =Emerging Reader= || =Notes= ||
 * Memorizes pattern books, poems, and familiar books. ||
 * Begins to read signs, labels, and logos (environmental print). ||
 * Demonstrates eagerness to read. ||
 * Pretends to read. ||
 * Reads top to bottom, left to right, and front to back with guidance. ||
 * Knows most letter names and some letter sounds. ||
 * Recognizes some names and words in context. ||
 * Makes meaningful predictions with guidance ||
 * Rhymes and plays with words. ||
 * Participates in reading of familiar books and poems. ||
 * Connects books read aloud to own experiences with guidance. ||  ||