Running head: STAGES OF READING DEVELOPMENT

Stages of Reading Development Ninna Ricci C. San Juan, Alexes Marie B. Sandoval, Alecza Mae C. Sandoval, Jeano Gabriel R. Sunico, Renee Claudia P. Tuazon, Orlando Louis B. Uy, Berle Joy F. Villanueva, Vanessa Jae P. Villespin, Rafael P. Yerro II University of Santo Tomas November 14, 2012

Running head: STAGES OF READING DEVELOPMENT Table of Contents Grid Outline.....3 Definition of Terms..4 Grid Description...5 Concept Map Description. ..6 References7

Running head: STAGES OF READING DEVELOPMENT

Comprehension Pre-School Stage 0 Pre-reading Stage 1 Initial Reading Elementary School Stage 2 Confirmation and Fluency Confirms the knowledge acquired in Stage 0 and Stage 1 Accuracy in word recognition and development in speed reading is apparent Reader gives full attention to meaning and to the printed page Critical stage Middle High School School Stage 3 Stage 4 Reading for Multiple Learning the Viewpoint New Reader has Reader expanded analyses vocabularie texts s, built critically background Reader and world comprehend knowledge s multiply points of Developed strategic view habits Typically at ages 14-19 Has enough reading skills to start reading texts to gain relevant information College Stage 5 Construction and Reconstruction Highest level Reader learns to read selectively and form his own opinions Reader constructs his knowledge from that of the other readers His understandin g is based on analysis and synthesis

Often Decoding called stage reading Application readiness of or oral knowledge language to the text Familiarity Achieve an with the understandilanguage ng of the and its critical speech concept of sound the alphabetic Conscious of sound code at age similarities 6 or 7 Learns to predict and recognize a few familiar written words Best time to motivate a learner to read

Running head: STAGES OF READING DEVELOPMENT

There are different stages of reading development according to Prof. Jeanne Chall. These are Pre-reading, Initial Reading, Confirmation and Fluency, Reading for Learning the New, Multiple Viewpoint and Construction and Reconstruction. Readers move through these stages at varying paces. (Payne, Shulman, 2000, p. 38)Each stage is a pre-requisite of another stage, for example, the learner must develop all the skills required in the very first stage in order to advance to the next stage. Readers who have insufficient mastery of the skills required may progress along the continuum at a slower pace and encounter many difficulties along the way (Larkin, Bender, 2009, p. 67).

As a whole, through a thorough deliberation, we can say that we have successfully reached Stage 5, Construction and Reconstruction. We started reading or maybe tried to read even before we still had to be fed by our moms or dads. Reading has not only been a hobby for some of but, but also a routine. A routine, mainly because everyday since pre-school we have been tasked to read texts.

Through years of reading and understanding, we have gone past through the first 5 stages of the Reading Stages of Development. We developed a yearning not only to read a book, but also to understand its main idea. We have expanded our vocabularies, built backgrounds on certain things and developed strategic skills like what is said in Stage 3, all through reading. We also believe that from different kinds of reading exercises, we have successfully learned to skim and scan, analyze reading materials critically and comprehend it from different point of views.

Running head: STAGES OF READING DEVELOPMENT And the fact that we have developed the ability to make our own opinions and understand the text based from my own analysis shows I have come a long way. "Reading comprehension is a flexible and ongoing cognitive and constructive process." (Woolley, 2011, p. 15) As time passes by, we believe that our reading comprehension will eventually become more or less perfect.

Running head: STAGES OF READING DEVELOPMENT Definition of Terms Stages- a point, period, or step in a process or development

Development- the process of developing or being developed

Confirmation- the action of confirming something or the state of being confirmed

Fluency- ability to read smoothly, accurately, quickly and with expression (Tyner, Green, 2012, p. 8)

Learning- the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, practice, or study, or by being taught

Viewpoint- a position giving a good view

Construction - an interpretation or explanation

Running head: STAGES OF READING DEVELOPMENT References Bender, W., Larkin, M. (2009). Reading Strategies for Elementary Students With Learning Difficulties (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

Tyner, B., Green, S. (2012). Small-Group Reading Instruction: Differentiated Teaching Models for Intermediate Readers Grades 3-8 (2nd ed.). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Payne, C., Shulman, M. (2000). Guided Reading: Making it Work. New York, NY: Scholastic.