(working towards Level 1 – WC/WB)
• Find title
• Open front cover
• Turn pages properly
• Understand that the left page comes before the right
• Understand that we read from left to right
• Point to each word as it is read – 1:1 correspondence
• Use the meaning of the text
• Use language patterns
• Predict the story
• Predict some unknown words
• Recognise some letters by what they look like or sound like
• Read one word for each word seen

(Working towards level 1 – WA)
• Find and remember title
• Match written and spoken words 1:1
• Use known words to help understand the sentence
• Repeat words, phrases or sentences to check and be sure of understanding
• Blend and read CVC words
• Use phonic knowledge to attempt unknown words
• Read on sight familiar and important words
• Recognise 10 tricky words

(1C)
• Use punctuation to help reading
• Notice familiar words and letter patterns and use these to help read new words
• Find things that are the same or similar in different texts e.g. Curly the Caterpillar
• Predict in more detail
• Read on sight familiar and important words
• Say what they do and don’t like about a text
• Talk about stories and other texts identifying main points and themes
• Use phonic knowledge to attempt unknown words
• Read to the end of a sentence to work out an unfamiliar word
• Read about 15 tricky key words

(1C)
• Take notice of meaning, words and sentence structure, to help us read
• Self correct more quickly during reading
• Re-read to make the text sound more interesting and to help us understand it
• Solve new words using different clues – meaning of the sentence, known words, letter patterns, using what you already know about a word or sentence
• Read a wide range of books and types of text
• Talk about the book and show we have understood
• Use awareness of grammar to help decipher new or unfamiliar words
• Blend phonemes to read words containing consonant clusters and long vowel phonemes
• Read about 20 tricky words
• Identify and discuss main events and key points in a text

(1B)
• Read fluently noticing punctuation
• Read familiar texts aloud with fluency and expression appropriate to the grammar
• Solve new words using a range of clues and investigating words that fit
• Track lines of text without finger pointing
• Read a range of texts
• Talk about the character and story plot in detail
• Blend phonemes to read words containing consonant clusters and long vowel phonemes
• Sustain independent reading to complete texts
• Locate specific information in a text to find the answers (retrieval)
• Understand how simple diagrams and charts add information
• Relate story setting and incidents to own experience

(1A)
• Read more complex sentences
• Solve new words using a range of clues and cross check
• Notice a range of punctuation
• Infer meaning and work out what the author is suggesting
• Recognise the full range of vowel digraphs and trigraphs
• Identify syllables in order to read polysyllabic words

(1A)
• Read different genres more confidently
• Use punctuation and text layout to read expressively
• Keep reading through longer sentences and paragraphs
• Work out and tackle a larger number of more difficult words
• Recognise common prefixes and suffixes and regular verb endings to construct the meaning of words in context
• Make simple inferences about thoughts, feelings and reasons for actions

(2C)
• Look at lots of different texts with independence and predict
• Read silently at a good pace, using punctuation to help
• Work out most unknown words “on the run”
• Identify some literary effects writers use e.g. good adjectives
• Use reading to extend speaking and listening
• Understand how to use alphabetically ordered texts to retrieve information, written vocabulary
• Scan the text to find specific answers
• Make simple inferences about thoughts, feelings and reasons for actions

(2B)
• Confidently predict the content and layout of a text by looking through
• Read silently at a rapid pace, using punctuation to help
• Work out most unknown words "on the run"
• Take notice of literary effects writers use
• Use reading to extend speaking and written vocabulary
• Read aloud with intonation and expression, taking account of the punctuation e.g. speech marks and exclamation marks
• Generate questions before reading and use bibliographical knowledge to help retrieve specific information
• Identify how ideas link and how a writer does this

(2A)
• Read silently most of the time
• Stay interested in longer texts and returns to them easily after a break
• Search for and find information in texts easily
• Notice the spelling of unknown words and relate to new words
• More aware of vocabulary and exact meanings
• Discuss and offer own opinions and ideas about the text
• Begin to understand the effects of different words and phrases e.g. to create humour, images and atmosphere
• Evaluate the usefulness of the information in particular texts for answering questions
• Understand the deeper un-stated meaning of a text

(L3)
• Recognise a range of prefixes and suffixes to construct the meanings of words in context
• Recognise the function of the apostrophe for omission and pronounce contracted forms correctly
• Recognise a full range of consonant digraphs e.g. kn, wr, ph
• Understand how pronouns in 1st, 2nd and 3rd person forms are used in sentences and apply this info to maintain understanding when reading
• Know how language is used to create effects e.g. adjectives and adverbs and use to create detailed mental images
• Understand the difference between prose and play script
• Explore underlying themes and ideas, making clear reference to text
• Discuss the actions of the main characters and justify views using evidence from the text (f)
• Sustain silent reading to include longer, more complex texts
• Draw on knowledge of authors and types of books they write to inform choices
• Understand how dialogue is punctuated and laid out and read with appropriate expression
• Read aloud with intonation and expression taking account of punctuation e.g. commas to mark pauses
• When reading aloud show awareness and understanding of the different voices in stories (f)
• Read aloud confidently to an audience e.g. playscript, performance poem or favourite passage from a text
• Understand how to use indexes to locate specific info
• Use bibliographical knowledge e.g. indexes to locate specific info
• Understand the features of page layout in non-fiction texts e.g. subheadings, labels, diagrams, charts (nf)
• Identify the main point and summarise orally the content of a passage of text (nf)
• Use notes to summarise the main points from a passage of text (nf)
• Evaluate the usefulness of information e.g. follow instructions to see if they work (nf)