2. *
*Leveling a text is finding that “just right” book for any
child, at any age.
*Selecting texts for the youngest reader
* Preschoolers, kindergarteners, and first graders are experiencing
reading readiness, or emergent reading
*An emerging reader will use pictures as meaning cues and will need
texts which have exaggerated spaces between the words as he or she
learns to track the print.