10 Mar 2010

Reading milestones - Grade 1 and 2

Ages 6–7

read familiar stories
sound out or decode unfamiliar words
use pictures and context to figure out unfamiliar words
use some common punctuation and capitalisation in writing
self-correct when they make a mistake while reading aloud

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