By the end of KS1 we will:

• Know all of our phonics sounds

• Read at around 90 words per minute

• Recognise simple recurring literary language. 

• Read ahead to help with fluency and expression.

• Comment on the plot, setting & characters in familiar & unfamiliar stories. 

• Recount main themes and events.

• Comment on the structure of the text.

• Use commas, question marks and exclamation marks to vary expression.

• Read aloud with expression and intonation. 

• Recognise:

  • commas in lists

  • apostrophe of omission and possession (singular noun)

• Identify past/present tense and why the writer has used a tense.

• Use content and index to locate information.