Reading: Exploring and Using: LO 10 (fluency and self-correction – read text with reasonable pace and understanding and begin to self-correct independently).
Reading: Understanding: LO 5 (phonics, word recognition and word study – use phonics knowledge and word identification strategies when reading text).
Reading: Exploring and Using: LO 9 (comprehension – recall, discuss and sequence significant details and identify key points of information in text; draw on a repertoire of comprehension strategies to comprehend a text).
The children are now introduced to formal reading using both fiction and non-fiction texts. Each reader contains a series of short sentences that contain a mix of decodable CVC words, sight words and vocabulary words. The sight words have been taught a month in advance using the skills book and suggested activities. Each reader contains two vocabulary words. These are topic-specific words that should be taught in conjunction with the reader using a similar approach to the ‘Ten-Step Approach to the Teaching of Sight Words’ (see Sight Words section). Here is a breakdown of the phonics, sight words and vocabulary words in each reader:
