Reading:
Strengths
- Grade appropriate word discrimination
- Good visual tracking when reading
- Compentence with silent reading
- Enjoys reading
- Fluent reader
- Reading rate is grade appropriate
- Reads accurately
- Good scanning or skimming skills
- Ability to re-tell what was just read and predicts what may happen based on what has happened
Weaknesses
- Confuses words and letters
- Often loses place when reading, requires finger tracking
- Difficulty when silent reading, needs to mouth words or whisper when reading
- Doesn't enjoy reading
- Reluctant Reader
- Reading is slow and deliberate
- Lots of word substitutions, omissions and invented words
- Cannot skim or scan for pertinent information
- Cannot re-tell parts of the story, prediction skills are weak
