The Real Reading Stages

Introductory Stage

Activities:

  • Speak, Listen and Write

  • Make up, Say and Write a Sentence

  • Sounds in Words

  • Letter Practice

  • Sight Words

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Transition Stage

Activities:

  • Shared Reading

  • Shared Comprehension

  • Sounds in Words

  • Making a Sentence

  • Spelling

  • Making Sense of Sentences

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Stage 1

Activities:

  • Shared Reading

  • Shared Comprehension

  • Writing Sentence Answers

  • Rhyming Words

  • Making Sense of Mixed Up Sentences

  • Blending

  • Wordsearch

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Stage 2

Activities:

  • Reading Short Passages

  • Writing Sentence Answers

  • Making Sense of Jumbled Sentences

  • Blending

  • Spelling

  • Rhyming Words

  • Wordsearch

  • Hearing Syllables

  • Dictionary Order

  • Writing Synonyms Using a Thesaurus

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Stage 3

Activities:

  • Reading Passages

  • Writing Sentence Answers

  • Spelling

  • Syllables

  • Dictionary Work

  • Use of a Thesaurus

  • Wordsearch

  • Use of Resource Material

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