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Shared reading can be used to:
• model reading skills and strategies, including comprehension strategies
• build field knowledge and vocabulary
• highlight particular features of the text.
Guided reading (90%–95% accuracy or at an instructional level) can be used:
• to model and teach students new skills and strategies
• for vocabulary development.
Independent reading (95%+ accuracy and without assistance) can be used to:
• consolidate previously learned skills and strategies
• build fluency
• provide students with opportunities to read for a variety of purposes, including enjoyment.
When selecting texts, teachers may consider the following features, which influence text
difficulty:
• text content
– level of familiarity with field or subject matter
– number of unfamiliar words per page
– inclusion of regular words in early stages or letter–sound correspondences that are
known or the student is learning
– number of words that the student is able to recognise automatically, ie avoidance
of excessive unknown sight words
– repetition of words to practice word recognition
– total number of words
– language features, eg use of pronouns
– number of characters, plots, goals, sub-goals
– explicitness of grammar
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Support Materials for Students with Special Education Needs
English K–6
Reading
IMPLEMENTATION