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Strong
picture support
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Repetition
(patterned text)
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One
or two word changes in the pattern
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Natural
language
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Few
words (2-6 words on a page)
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One
to three lines of text
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Placement
of text is consistent
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Large
print
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Large
spacing between words
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Predictable
text
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Some
picture support (can't rely on pictures entirely)
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Text
still patterned with more word changes (may have two patterns)
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More
words (8-30 words on a page)
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More
lines per page (2-7 lines)
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Print
gets smaller
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Placement
of text may vary
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More
punctuation
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More
of a storyline
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Increased
difficulty of concepts
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Contractions
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Complex
sentences emerging
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Some
paragraphs emerging
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More
difficult vocabulary
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Prefixes
and suffixes
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Pronouns
- Dialogue
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Few
pictures
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More
complex vocabulary and concepts
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Chapters
are emerging in some text
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Literary
language
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Elaborate
episodes and events
- Story elements (problems and solutions)

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