Sample Emerging/Early Developing Phase Reading Checklist and Rating Scale

Student's Name: ___________________________________ Rating Scale:
1 = Seldom
2 = Sometimes
3 = Consistently

 

Criteria Comments and Dates Assessed
Interest in Reading and in Print        
 
__ Is interested in books   1 2 3
 
__ Spends time looking through and thinking about the story that the pictures are telling   1 2 3
 
__ Approximates reading behaviours   1 2 3
 
__ Selects and examines printed materials independently   1 2 3
 
__ Enjoys reading independently   1 2 3
 
__ Shares a broadening interest in different genres   1 2 3
 
__ Shares experiences with books   1 2 3
 
__ Retells shared stories   1 2 3
 
         
 
Book Knowledge        
 
__ Holds book right side up   1 2 3
 
__ Turns pages right to left   1 2 3
 
__ Identifies where story begins and ends   1 2 3
 
__ Recognizes terms:
  • title
  • author
  • illustrator
  • cover
  1 2 3
 
__ Examines and interprets illustrations   1 2 3
 
         
 
Reading Strategies        
 
__ Views self as a reader   1 2 3
 
__ Reads name   1 2 3
 
__ Knows letters   1 2 3
 
__ Can follow a line of print   1 2 3
 
__ Attempts to read independently   1 2 3
 
__ Expects the text to make sense   1 2 3
 
__ Derives meaning from text by:
  • predicting what the text will say
  • using picture clues
  • drawing on prior knowledge
  • using story structure clues
  • using key or sight vocabulary
  1 2 3
 
__ Retells story unaided:
  • gives gist of story
  • tells events in sequence
  • uses words/phrases from text
  • rephrases in own words
  • relates to personal knowledge
  • makes inferences
  1 2 3
 
__ Retells story aided   1 2 3
 
__ Attempts to read independently   1 2 3