Reading Year 3

Expected

Pupils will be able to:

• Pupils are able to retrieve and record information

• Make predictions based on details stated and implied

• Draw on contextual evidence to make sense of what is read

• Explain and discuss their understanding of what they have read and words they have encountered

• Ask questions to enhance understanding of the text

• Draws inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions

• Explain and justify their personal opinions about the text

• Make basic comparisons within and across different texts

• Identifying main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and summarise these

• Asking and answering appropriate questions related to text

Greater Depth

Pupils will be able to:

• Make simple comments that show awareness of the effect of the text on the reader (e.g. commenting on the language used to create mood or build tension) Which words created a… mood? What does the word…indicate?

• Identify how punctuation adds effect and the impact this has

• Explain the meaning of words using a dictionary independent