Reading K-3 vs. 4-12
Reading 4-12

• Extend "sight vocabulary" to unfamiliar words in increasingly challenging text

• Learning meanings of thousands of new words - vocabulary expansion

• Increasingly detailed knowledge of text structures and genres

• Expansion of content knowledge in many domains

• Thinking and reasoning skills increase

• Reading-specific, comprehension strategies become more complex and self-regulated use must develop

• Motivation and interest for broad and deep reading must be maintained or acquired