*you can read the words fluently (smooth and with an interesting voice)

 

*there often are not a lot of words on a page

 

*there are not a lot of pages in the book

 

*you have a lot of schema for the subject

 

*sometimes the book has a larger font

 

*you totally understand the story

 

*your reading rate may be quicker

 

*your thinking comes easy as pie

                             

 

 

*many of the words are too hard to decode (failed a five finger test)

 

*you don't know what the tricky words MEAN

 

*your reading becomes chappy more than it is fluent

 

*you don't have any prior knowledge of the subject

 

*there are often a lot of words on the page

 

*often the font is small

 

*you lose focus as your are reading

 

*you are not enjoying the book because you have to do too much word work

 

*your thinking is confused

 

 

*you can read most of the words

 

*you can understand what your are reading

 

*you enjoy the book

 

*you may have some schema for the subject

 

*you can read the book with smooth fluency but there are some choppy places

 

*your reading rate is just right - not too slow and not too fast

 

*you can figure out the tricky words and still get the meaning of the story