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Dr Chall’s Stages of Reading Development  
INFORMATIVE 

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Dr JS Chall’s classic stages are mentioned in most reading curricula. This list comes from her Stages of Reading Development, McGraw Hill 1996; as presented in the COLE Training Manual..

	Stage 1: Initial Reading and Decoding, (Grades 1 & 2)- Learns the code, Recognizes sight words
	Stage 2: Confirmation (Grades 2 & 3) -Consolidates decoding skills, Reading becomes accurate, effortless, and fluent
	Stage 3 Reading for Learning New Information. (Grades 4 – 8) -Reads to learn, Relates print to new ideas, Reads text with one viewpoint, Reading becomes more efficient than listening
	Stage 4: Multiple Viewpoints, (Grades 9 – 12) -Reads material with multiple viewpoints, Able to deal with layers of facts and concepts added to prior knowledge
	Stage 5: Construction and Reconstruction, (Post-Secondary) -Constructs knowledge from reading, Depends on analysis, synthesis, and judgement, Constructs knowledge at a high level of abstraction, Creates own “truth” from “truths” of others

Lister: Andrea
Source: Chall, J.S. (1996) Stages of Reading Development. New York: McGraw-Hill. See also Hall, S.L and Mo

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