Achieving
Exceeding
An achieving student demonstrates solid success with the demands of the indicator. The student exhibits independence and requires little or no scaffolding. • Consistently demonstrates interest in reading. • Makes connections between read-alouds, Bunk Time reading, and conversations. • Names favorite books, authors, and genres. • Builds minutes of sustained, focused reading time. • Chooses books based on passions,
An exceeding student demonstrates exemplary success with the demands of the indicator. The student exhibits a high level of independence. • Demonstrates strong interest in reading. • Makes insightful connections between read-alouds, Bunk Time reading, and conversations; discusses the text’s ideas, themes, and structures. • Shows excitement about favorite books, authors, and genres; revisits favorite texts. • Reads voraciously, is not easily distracted, and can quickly become “lost in the reading world.” • Makes strong, well-informed reading choices based on passions and interests, favorite genres, and favorite authors. • Offers strong, well-informed opinions about texts and recommends books to others. • Demonstrates powerful skills in decoding. • Demonstrates strong ability to read text fluently. • Always reads with exemplary phrasing. • Always reads with expression that indicates a deep understanding of text. • Always uses punctuation to improve fluency and expression. • Demonstrates exemplary ability to remain focused on reading. • Always sticks with a text, often requesting more reading time. • Always self-regulates while reading to stay focused, tuning out distractions, and losing him- or herself in the text. • Reads for more than the recommended minutes for the grade level.
interests, and favorite authors. • Offers opinions about texts.
• Internalizes decoding strategies. • Consistently reads text fluently.
• Often reads with appropriate phrasing. • Often reads with appropriate expression. • Often heeds punctuation.
• Sometimes demonstrates ability to focus on reading. • Sometimes sticks with a text for a sustained period of time. • Sometimes self-regulates while reading to stay focused. • Reads for some of the recommended minutes for the grade level.
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