Ontario Curriculum Reading Expectations - …

1 Guided Reading Ontario Curriculum Expectations Kindergarten to Grade 3 -1- Queen's Printer for Ontario , 2005 Ontario Curriculum Reading Expectations Kindergarten to Grade 3 Kindergarten Expectations By the end of Kindergarten, children will: demonstrate awareness of some conventions of written materials ( , text is written from left to right; words have spaces between them; words are spelled with upper- and lowercase letters); identify some features of books and other written materials ( , title, illustrations), and use these features to help them understand the printed text ( , tell the story in a book by looking at the pictures); recognize that words often consist of beginning, middle, and final sounds; identify most of the letters of the alphabet and demonstrate understanding that letters represent sounds and that written words convey meaning ( , read short labels, familiar signs; use phonics to recognize words).

2 Use language patterns ( , word order) and sound patterns ( , rhyme) to identify words and to predict the next word. Grade 1 Expectations By the end of Grade 1, students will: read a variety of simple written materials ( , signs, pattern books, rhymes, children's reference books) for different purposes ( , for practice, information, vocabulary building, enjoyment); express clear responses to written materials, relating the ideas in them (thoughts, feelings, experiences) to their own knowledge and experience; understand the vocabulary and language structures appropriate for this grade level.

3 Use some conventions of written materials ( , punctuation, title) to help them understand what they read. use their knowledge and experience to understand what they read; reread all or parts of a written piece to clarify their understanding of its meaning; predict what may happen next in a story, and revise or confirm predictions; express their thoughts and feelings about a story; use their knowledge of sentence structure in speech to understand written sentences; use predictable word patterns to determine the meaning of sentences ( , I saw the bird/I saw the dog).

4 Use punctuation to help them understand what they read ( , period, comma); understand the use of some conventions of spelling ( , capital letters at the beginning of sentences); use some basic conventions of formal texts to locate information ( , book title, page numbers). Guided Reading Ontario Curriculum Expectations Kindergarten to Grade 3 -2- Queen's Printer for Ontario , 2005 Grade 2 Expectations By the end of Grade 2, students will: read a variety of simple written materials ( , pattern books on specific themes, stories, chart stories, poems, interactive software) for different purposes.

5 Express clear responses to written materials, relating the ideas in them (thoughts, feelings, experiences) to their own knowledge and experience; understand the vocabulary and language structures appropriate for this grade level; use some conventions of written materials to help them understand and use the materials; use a variety of Reading strategies to understand a piece of writing ( , reread, predict content, ask questions); express their thoughts and feelings about ideas in a piece of writing; use their knowledge of sentence structure in oral and written language to determine the meaning of a sentence ( , the verb in a simple statement usually follows a noun; the subject and verb are inverted in interrogative sentences); use punctuation to help them understand what they read ( , question mark, apostrophe); use and interpret some conventions of formal texts ( , maps, pictures, graphics, simple diagrams, bold and italic type for headings).

6 Grade 3 Expectations By the end of Grade 3, students will: read a variety of fiction and non-fiction materials ( , chapter books, children's reference books) for different purposes; express clear responses to written materials, relating the ideas in them to their own knowledge and experience and to ideas in other materials that they have read; understand the vocabulary and language structures appropriate for this grade level; use conventions of written materials to help them understand and use the materials; identify and restate the main idea in a piece of writing, and cite supporting details; identify and describe some elements of stories ( , plot, central idea, characters, setting); begin to make inferences while Reading ; use familiar vocabulary and the context to determine the meaning of a passage containing unfamiliar words.

7 Begin to develop their own opinions by considering some ideas from various written materials; use their knowledge of the organization and characteristics of different forms of writing as a guide before and during Reading ( , chapters in an adventure story often end with a cliff-hanger; menus usually list the items of food on the left and the price of each item on the right); use their knowledge of word order in oral and written language to determine the meaning of sentences; understand frequently used specialized terms in different subject areas ( , science, mathematics); Guided Reading Ontario Curriculum Expectations Kindergarten to Grade 3 -3- Queen's Printer for Ontario , 2005 use punctuation to help them understand what they read ( , exclamation mark, quotation marks); identify various conventions of formal texts and use them to find information ( , table of contents, chapter titles, headings, index, glossary, charts, graphs).

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