Use my Reading Strategies independently; Use my ‘Handful of Clues’. Decode; Read-on; Re-run; Match? Make sense? Picture Clues? Make my reading sound fluent, phrased and expressive. Cross-check my reading: Does it make sense? Look right? Sound right? Skim read to locate specific information. Summarise (in detail) in my own words. Create a personal response to the text & share. Discuss the difference between fact and fiction. Anticipate what may happen next & use this information to unfold the story. Point out: table of contents, index, diagrams, glossary, maps, headings, chapters. Identify concepts such as: setting, theme, plot. Comment on characters & sequence of events. Retell the story in sequence and with detail. Read a range of texts & make comparisons between them. Identify differences between text types. Explain purposes of headings, diagrams, content pages, table of contents and indexes. Use references such as dictionaries and atlases with Increased independence. Compare and discuss different styles of illustrations. Confidently ask and answer questions. Think & search for answers, explain to others how you got it. Targeted sounds (revision) / knowledge: Build word patterns using consonant blends & digraphs eg: or aw oar oor Build multi-syllabic words eg: some, something, somebody Long Vowels: ai ay a-e ee ea e-e -y as in “happy” (E) ie igh i-e -y as in ‘my’ (I) oa oh o-e ue u-e Identify rhyming words in text (orally), rhythm & alliteration Prefixes: be- to- in- im- pre- un- ex- re- dis- Recognise many contractions Homonyms: wood/would, hair/hare, there/their, where/wear