Books in the Red band have slightly longer text than that of Pink banded books and fiction text will contain simple story development.
Non-fiction text may begin to incorporate more than one text type. Font size is relatively large and sentences will contain a full range of punctuation.
Children will gain more confidence. They will start to modify their own reading, reading more rhythmically and may learn some more sight words.
Development Level: Early
Guided Reading Level: B-D
PM Level: 3-5
DRA Level: 3- 6