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Expectations
Word Reading
- Decode automatically and fluently
- Read accurately by blending the sounds in words that contain graphemes taught
- Recognise and read alternative sounds for graphemes
- Read accurately words of two or more syllables that contain the same GPCs
- Read words containing common suffixes
- Read further common exception words
- Read and notice unusual correspondence between grapheme and phoneme
- Read most words quickly and accurately when they have been frequently encountered without overt sounding and blending
- Read aloud books closely matched to their improving phonic knowledge, sounding out unfamiliar words accurately, automatically and without undue hesitation
- Read books fluently and confidently
Reading Comprehension
- Talk about and give an opinion on a range of texts
- Discuss the sequence of events in books and how they are related to each other
- Use prior knowledge and context, and vocabulary explored to understand texts
- Retell orally some stories, including fairy stories and traditional tales
- Read for meaning, checking that the text makes sense, and correcting inaccurate reading
- Know and recognise simple recurring literary language in stories and poetry
- Talk about favourite words and phrases.
- Increase repertoire of poems learnt by heart, appreciating these and reciting some, with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear
- Answer, ask appropriate questions, and make predictions on basis of what has been read so far
- Draw simple inferences from illustrations, events and characters’ actions and speech.
Mastery
Reading-Exceeding Statements
- Enhance meaning through expression and intonation
- Identify and comment on main characters in stories, and the way they relate to one another
- Self-correct, look backwards and forwards in the text and search for meaning
- Comment on the way characters relate to one another
- Show understanding of the main points of the text and re-tell the story
- Make sensible predictions about what is likely to happen in the story and to different characters
- Know how suspense and humour is built up in a story, including the development of the plot
- Recognise similarities in the plot or characters within different stories
- Extract information from non-fiction texts, appropriately using contents, index, chapters, headings and glossary
Writing-Exceeding Statements
- Descriptions are clear enough for people to recognise what is meant even when things are not named
- Use some phrases and words that they come across in reading
- Use words like ‘suddenly’ or ‘amazingly’, so that writing grips the reader’s interest
- Stories have interesting endings that have been carefully thought about
- Consistent in using the first or third person
- Keep writing interesting throughout and not be tempted to look at quick ways to finish it
- Check that capital letters, commas and question marks are used when needed and attempt to use speech marks
- Use a dictionary to check spellings of words
- Use specific nouns when needed, e.g. ‘terrier’ instead of ‘dog’
- Take time to describe characters and events within stories, rather than move from one event to another
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