AT LEVELS K-M Grade 2 A CHILD’S READING LEVEL IS DETERMINED BY: • Is the child reading with acceptable accuracy? No more than 10 errors/100 words. • The child is timed. At least 55 Words Per Minute Meets the Benchmark for Level K. At least 65 Words Per Minute Meets the Benchmark for Level L. At least 70 Words Per Minute for Meets the Benchmark for Level M. • Is the child reading with expression that reflects the mood, pace, and tension of the text? • Does the child read in longer phrases, and heed punctuation? • After reading the first few paragraphs, can the child make 3 thoughtful predictions of what might happen in the text without peeking ahead at pictures? • After reading, and with the book closed, the child does a retelling. Is he/she referring to the characters by name and including all of the important details from the beginning, middle, end in sequence? • Does the child use the important language and vocabulary from the text? • Can the child retell the story on his/her own without prompts or questions? • The child has to tell the author’s message ~ what is the author teaching us? The child must support this with text details. • The child must determine the most important event in the story and why, giving an opinion that reflects higher level thinking. • If it is nonfiction, can the child quickly locate and use the nonfiction text features to answer questions? (timelines, maps, table of contents, glossary, captions, charts, etc.)
What Does An ADVANCED 2nd Grader Look Like While Applying Strategies? Making Connections/Prior Knowledge Links background knowledge and examples from the text to enhance comprehension and/or interpretation
Questioning Asks and answers different types of questions; and finds evidence in the text to support questions and answers
Visualizing/Sensory Imagery Demonstrates multi-sensory images that extend and enrich the text; demonstration may be through any modality or medium
Determining Importance Identifies at least one key idea, theme, or concept linking it to the overall meaning of the text. Uses supporting details from the text to clearly explain why it is important
Monitoring Comprehension When stuck, identifies difficulties, articulates need to solve the problem and identifies the appropriate strategy to solve the problem, such as using meaning, visual, or structural cues
Predicting/Inferring Independently makes predictions, interpretations, and/or draws conclusions; and clearly explains connections using evidence from the text and personal knowledge, ideas, or beliefs
Retelling/Summarizing/Synthesizing Retells elements of the text in logical sequence with some extension to overall theme, message, or background knowledge, refers to characters by specific name, and uses vocabulary from text http://www.mrsjudyaraujo.com/expectations-by-grade-level/ and adapted to fit the AW 2018 assessment matrix.