Ask these questions before you begin working on reading fluency.
- Can they recognize the letters of the alphabet and know the sounds of the consonants and short vowels?
- Can they put together common 3 letter words that use short vowel sounds?
- Do they know that words in sentences are read from left to right?
- Are they able to read 9 out of every 10 words of the first pre-primers you are using?
What do I do if they aren’t ready?
Check out the other posts on Steps 1, 2,3 of beginning to read.