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DEVELOPMENT OF READING There are four stages of reading that a child will go through in their early years learning. Stage one: **emergent** Stage two: **early** Stage three: **transitional** Stage four: **extending** Figure 7.4 on page 149 in Hill, 2006 shows the steps in each stage and what students will be able to do transitioning from one stage to another.  ·   Direct match between text and illustration  ·   High frequency words  ·   The word count ranges from 0 to 50  ·   Simple story line  ·   Range of punctuation  ·   Familiar oral language like structures  ·   Concepts are familiar  ·   More text types are used  ·   The text length increases  ·   There are long sentences  ·   Different syntactic patterns  ·   More of the story is carried in the text  ·   Illustrations still offer support but this is beginning to diminish  ·   The placement of text on the page varies  ·   The books at this level begin to deal with topics that increasingly go beyond children’s experiences <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·   There is a range of fiction and information texts <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·   The sentence length and syntax varies <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·   The layout and placement of text varies <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·   There are diagrams, other graphic features and a variety of illustrations <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·   The conceptual load is increased <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·   There are more complex stories and a greater conceptual load is required <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·   Narratives have more complex plots and characters <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·   More information details in information texts <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·   There is a larger variety of text types <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·   Less illustrative support is provided <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·   Use of more complex text features <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·   Text varies in sentence length and structure
 * EMERGENT **
 * EARLY **
 * TRANSITIONAL **
 * EXTENDING **