Reading Year 6

Expected

Pupils will be able to:

• Read age-appropriate books with confidence and fluency (including whole novels)

• Read aloud with intonation that shows understanding

• Predict what happened from details stated and implied

• Retrieve and record information

• Work out the meaning of words from the context

• Explain and discuss their understanding of what they have read, drawing inferences and justifying these with evidence

• Asking and answering appropriate questions related to text

• Summarise main ideas, identifying key details and using quotations for illustration

• Make comparisons within and across books

• Asking and answering appropriate questions related to text

Greater Depth

Pupils will be able to:

• Evaluate how authors use language (including figurative language), structure, presentation, punctuation, considering the intention and impact on the reader

• Identify key details using quotations for illustration (Point, Explanation, Evidence)