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I can turn the pages carefully.
I can talk about the pictures on
each page.
At the end of the book I can tell you
what has happened.
Now I can move to yellow books.
Promises
I will bring my book to
school every day.
I will look after my book.
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I can turn the pages carefully.
I can talk about the pictures on
each page.
I can count the words on each page.
I can say a rhyming word.
At the end of a book I can tell you what
has happened.
Now I can move to white books.
Promises
I will bring my book to
school every day.
I will look after my book.
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I can count the words on each page.
I can use the pictures to say what is
happening in the story.
I can finish a sentence when a grown
up starts it.
I can remember words that I’ve read
before.
At the end of a book I can tell you what
has happened.
Now I can move to dark blue books.
Promises
I will bring my book to
school every day.
I will look after my book.
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DARK BLUE
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I can use the pictures to say what is
happening in the story.
I can finish a sentence when a grown
up starts it.
I can remember words that I’ve read
before.
I can remember the sounds for these
letters: s m c g h t
At the end of a book I can tell you what
has happened.
Now I can move to pink books.
Promises
I will bring my book to
school every day.
I will look after my book.
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PINK
I can remember words that I’ve read
before.
I know all the sounds of the letters of
the alphabet.
If I’m stuck I can say the first sound
out loud.
I can recognise cvc words (e.g. had, did,
cat).
At the end of the book I can tell you
what has happened.
Now I can move to brown books.
Promises
I will bring my book to
school every day.
I will look after my book.
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BROWN
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I can remember words that I’ve read before.
If I’m stuck I can say the first sound
out loud.
If I’m stuck I can blend two sounds together
and say them out loud.
I can recognise cvc words (e.g. had, did, cat).
I can recognise ccvc (e.g. shop) and cvcc
(e.g. back) words.
At the end of the book I can tell you what
has happened.
Now I can move to green books.
Promises
I will bring my book to
school every day.
I will look after my book.
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GREEN
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I can remember words that I’ve read
before.
If I’m stuck I can blend two sounds
together and say them out loud.
If I’m stuck I can use the story to help
me guess what a word could be.
At the end of a book I can tell you what
has happened.
Now I can move to grey books.
Promises
I will bring my book to
school every day.
I will look after my book.
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GREY
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I can remember words I’ve read before.
If I’m stuck I can use the story to help
me.
If I’m stuck I can use the other words in
the sentence to help me.
If I’m stuck I can miss out the word and
go back to it.
I know words that end in ‘ed’, ‘ing’ and
‘tion’
At the end of a book I can tell you what
has happened.
Now I can move to orange books.
Promises
I will bring my book to
school every day.
I will look after my book.
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ORANGE
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I can remember the words I have read
before.
If I’m stuck I can use the other words in
sentences and the story to help me.
If I’m stuck I can miss out the word and
go back to it.
I can tell you what might happen next.
I can answer questions about the story.
I can tell you what the characters might
be thinking.
Now I can move to black books.
Promises
I will bring my book to
school every day.
I will look after my book.
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BLACK
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I can have a go at all the words I don’t
know on my own.
I can use the punctuation to help me
have the correct intonation and
expression.
I can describe the story in lots of detail.
I can tell you why I think the
characters are doing things.
I can express an opinion about the story.
Now I can move to beige books.
Promises
I will bring my book to
school every day.
I will look after my book.
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BEIGE
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I can have a go at all the words I don’t
know on my own.
I can use the punctuation to help me have
the correct intonation and expression.
I can find information in the text to help
me answer questions.
I can tell you why the author has used
the words s/he has.
I can tell about another book like the one
I’m reading.
I can tell you about another book by the
same author.
Now I can move to dark pink 1 books.
Promises
I will bring my book to
school every day.
I will look after my book.
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I can use all the strategies I have been
taught to understand my reading.
I can use intonation and expression to
enhance the meaning of the story.
I can tell you the reasons why a
character behaves and feels the way
they do by using the text.
I can evaluate simple stories and justify
my preferences.
I have a favourite author and can tell
you about his/ her books.
I can recognise the differences between
prose and play script and read them
appropriately
I can tell the difference between fact
and fiction.
I can discuss the meanings of words and
phrases that create particular effects.
I can use organisational devices to locate
information including labels, diagrams and
charts and use the correct words for them.
Now I can move to dark pink 2 books.
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DARK PINK 2
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I can read ahead to determine direction
and meaning in a story.
I can devise my own questions and scan
materials to locate information and
answers.
I can use skimming and scanning
strategies to locate information.
I can find meaning beyond the literal, for
example, how impressions of people are
conveyed through the choice of detail
and language.
I can tell you about the effectiveness of
the language used to create a particular
effect (e.g. adjectives and adverbs for
description).
I can tell you how the plot in a story
has been developed and how the suspense
is built up.
I can identify the features of some types
of text, e.g. newspaper reports, non chronological reports and ICT texts and
use appropriate reading strategies (e.g.
scrolling through an ICT text).
Now I can move to pale blue 1 books.
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PALE BLUE 1
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I can recognise and use prefixes and suffixes
such as ‘auto’ ‘bi’ ‘trans’ ‘tele’ ‘circum’.
I can read aloud clearly responding to
more sophisticated punctuation (e.g. : ; …).
I can identify and comment on different
points of view in the text.
I can empathise with characters motives
and behaviour to enrich understanding.
I can find examples of figurative language
and tell you what it means.
I can make critical comparisons between
texts.
I can recognise the use and effect of
patterned language in text.
I can distinguish between fact from
opinion.
I can choose my own reference sources in
order to research a topic
I can discuss the plot, recognising
complications and how they are resolved.
I can identify the features of explanation
and persuasion texts.
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PALE BLUE 2
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I can recognise complex sentences.
I understand how commas, connectives
and full stops are used to join and
separate clauses and I can use them to
read fluently and with understanding.
I know how apostrophes are used in
different ways.
I can justify my own interpretation of a
text and express a viewpoint.
I can support my predictions and opinions
by referring to the text.
I can respond to issues raised in stories
and suggest alternative courses of action.
I can talk about themes in a story and
recognise thematic links with other
texts.
I can talk about the author’s techniques
for describing characters, settings and
actions.
I can compare the openings of a
particular novel with the beginnings of
other novels I have read.
Now I can move to pale blue 3 books.
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I can cope with different features of
language used in poems and prose, for
example, from dialect.
I can cope with different features of
language such as abbreviations, colloquialisms,
and subject specific vocabulary.
I can evaluate text and refer to the
relevant passage to support my opinion.
I can respond critically to issues raised in
stories and evaluate the author’s solution.
I can recognise complications in a plot
and how they are resolved.
I can use several texts to research a
topic.
I can interpret the effect the choice of
language has to create moods and build
tension.
I automatically read differently for different
purposes (skim, scan, read reflectively).
I can use the appropriate terminology
when discussing any text.
I can identify the main features of
different fiction genres.
Now I can move to lime green books.
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