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My Child is Reading Independently at a DRA Level 2
Stories at this level have a simple story line and usually focus on one big idea. The words are organized in repeating patterns and are seen on following pages. For example: This face is happy. This face is sad. This face is scared. This face is mad. The written words match the pictures on each page. Students will continue to point to each word on the page while reading. Included below are specific reading behaviors, skills and strategies for readers on this level.
Concepts of Print at Level 2:
Concepts of Print at Level 2:
Controls directionality on one line of text (reads left to right).
Demonstrates an understanding of the terms begin, end and letter.
Holds and turns the pages of a book independently.
Points to words with consistent one-to-one match while reading.
How to provide reading support at home and prepare your child for Level 3:
How to provide reading support at home and prepare your child for Level 3:
Encourage your child to touch under each word while reading.
Model for your child. Say: Watch me touch under the words as I read it. Watch me turn each page. Now you try it!
Ask these questions and model for your child: What sound do you hear at the beginning of the word cat? What sound do you hear at the end of the word cat? What sound do you hear in the middle of the word cat?
Direct your child to: Look at this letter ____. Find a word on the page that begins with the letter ____. Look at this letter ____. Find a word on the page that ends with the letter ____.
Accuracy at Level 2:
Accuracy at Level 2:
Recognizes sight words: yes, no, the, can, go, is, red, I, see, a, and
Uses beginning letter and sound knowledge to figure out unknown words.
Self-corrects errors while reading - This means that the student notices when a word is read incorrectly and backs up to reread it correctly.
How to provide reading support at home and prepare your child for Level 3:
How to provide reading support at home and prepare your child for Level 3:
Build sight words using multi-sensory practice such as building words with letter tiles/play-doh/etc. or spell words in shaving cream/rice/etc.
Point out CVC (consonant - vowel - consonant) words within a story and model reading the word by stretching the sounds out and blending back together: c-a-t, cat
Ask these questions and model for your child when he or she is trying to solve an unknown word: Does that sound right? Does that look right? Does that feel right? Are there any clues in the picture that can help you solve that word?
Fluency at Level 2:
Fluency at Level 2:
Uses the pattern in the text while reading.
How to support this at home and prepare your child for Level 3:
How to support this at home and prepare your child for Level 3:
Help your child recognize the pattern - This face is happy. This face is sad.
Comprehension at Level 2:
Comprehension at Level 2:
Recalls story information after reading.
How to provide reading support at home and prepare your child for Level 3:
How to provide reading support at home and prepare your child for Level 3:
Re-visit each page and tell the story in his or her own words.
Say to your child: Touch the picture and tell me what is happening in the story on this page.
Retell the story using first, next, last.
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