Reading

Teachers:

For e-mail addresses, please see the Staff page.

Mrs. Joyce Eisenberg, Reading Specialist

Reading is a vital part of the MCPS curriculum and the education of every child. The information presented on this web page is provided as a resource for parents.

Reading Strategies

Highlights of the Reading Strategies document:

  • 1. Read as often as possible to your child.

  • 2. Read for pleasure in front of your child to demonstrate how important reading is to you.

  • 3. Call attention to environmental print (signs, labels, etc).

  • 4. Talk about books before, during and after reading

    • For the complete Reading Strategies document, please click here.

    Paired Reading Tips Sheet

    Click here for the Paired Reading Tips Sheet.

    Guided Reading Levels, K - 5

    Click here for the Wayside Guide Reading Levels

    Quarterly Guided Reading Targets, Grades 1 -5

    Click here for the guided reading level targets for each grade level.

    Text Level Descriptions

    Click here for descriptions of the guided reading text levels for grades 2 through 5.

    Wayside Reading Program Descriptions:

  • Junior Great Books

  • Soar to Success

  • William and Mary

    • Reading Program Keyword Definitions

  • Brief Constructed Response (BCR)

    A BCR, or Brief Constructed Response, is one of several tools teachers use to assess their students' reading comprehension. This tool specifically targets a students' ability to communicate their comprehension through written answers. On the Maryland State Assessment, students starting in third grade must show their mastery of reading by responding to BCRs.

  • Word Wall Words, K - 5

    Word Wall Words are words that students are expected to master by the end of the grade level. Click on the grade level below for the Word Wall Words for that grade level.

    • Kindergarten

    First Grade

    Second Grade

    Third Grade

    Fourth Grade

    Fifth Grade

  • Verbal Formation of Letters

    Sometimes it helps children to say aloud the directions for “making” a letter. This “verbal path” helps them to understand the directional movement that is essential. In addition, it gives the teacher and child a language to talk through the letter and its features. Here, we suggest language for creating a verbal path to the distinctive features of letters.

    • Verbal Formation of Letters

    MCPS Reading Assessment Links:

    Please use the web links below for information about the state-mandated assessments.

  • MCPS Office of Shared Accountability: Testing Unit

  • MCPS Testing Information

    • Descriptions of the various assessments including the MSA, TN2 and MAP-R.

  • MSA: Maryland School Assessment

  • MCPS Elementary Reading Language Arts