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Predictors
The
following are "predictors" of later successful readers:
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Child
has a large base (10,000+) vocabulary words that he knows and uses.
Some children are entering school with less than 5,000.
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Child
can "hear" rhyming words, and make up rhyming words. If you give the
word "cat" and ask child to name another word that rhymes with cat,
he can come up with "bat,""sat,""rat," etc.
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Child
can identify like sounds in pairs of words. Child can point out words
that begin with the same letter that he sees in print and can also
hear like sounds when said...sssnake, sssilly, ssslink.
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Child
can write his/her name and can copy other letters. Child can print
some of his letters correctly and in order, and child recognizes name
in different forms of print. Child is able to copy a letter he/she
sees in print.
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Child
is able to retell a story or recall in decontextualized speech past
events or facts presented earlier. Child can talk about an event that
happened previously that has no visual cues for him to help him recall.
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