LEVEL 1 WC

Written Comprehension – Level 1

When texts or documents are very simple, one line or sentence long, and deal with concrete, familiar topics, level 1 readers can understand common words, everyday abbreviations and known names. They can understand, for example, the months of the year and words related to personal identity. They can make the link between words and common pictograms. They can also understand representations of time and different lettering or typeface.

Indicators

WC-L1-1 Understand commonly used words
WC-L1-3 Generally recognize everyday words and known names of people and places
WC-L1-4 Recognize the most common abbreviations
WC-L1-5 Read and identify the months of the year
WC-L1-6 Find elements related to personal identification on a very simple form (name, address, telephone number, signature)
WC-L1-8 Associate an image or a pictogram with a written word referring to the immediate, predictable environment
WC-L1-10 Recognize words even though they are written in different lettering or typeface
WC-L1-11 Associate different representations of time