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| Stage 1 Reading | |||
| Decoding | Enjoyment of Texts | Understanding, Inference and Prediction | Discussion |
| 1.1.a.1 Apply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decode words | 1.2.a.1 Develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: listening to and discussing a wide range of poems, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently | 1.2.e.2 Understand both the books they can already read accurately and fluently and those they listen to by: checking that the text makes sense to them as they read and correcting inaccurate reading | 1.2.j.1 Participate in discussion about what is read to them, taking turns and listening to what others say |
| 1.1.a.2 Respond speedily with the correct sound to graphemes (letters or groups of letters) for all 40+ phonemes, including, where applicable, alternative sounds for graphemes | 1.2.a.2 Develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: being encouraged to link what they read or hear read to their own experiences | 1.2.e.1 Understand both the books they can already read accurately and fluently and those they listen to by: drawing on what they already know or on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher | 1.2.j.2 Explain clearly their understanding of what is read to them |
| 1.1.a.3 Read accurately by blending sounds in unfamiliar words containing GPCs* that have been taught | |||
| 1.1.a.4 Read common exception words, noting unusual correspondences between spelling and sound and where these occur in the word | 1.2.b.1 Develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: becoming very familiar with key stories, fairy stories and traditional tales, retelling them and considering their particular characteristics | 1.2.f.1 Understand both the books they can already read accurately and fluently and those they listen to by: discussing the significance of the title and events | |
| 1.1.a.5 Read words containing taught GPCs and -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er and -est endings | 1.2.b.2 Develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: recognising and joining in with predictable phrases | 1.2.f.2 Understand both the books they can already read accurately and fluently and those they listen to by: making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done | |
| 1.1.a.6 Read other words of more than one syllable that contain taught GPCs | |||
| 1.1.a.7 Read words with contractions: e.g. I’m, I’ll, we’ll, and understand that the apostrophe represents the omitted letter(s) | 1.2.c.1 Develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: learning to appreciate rhymes and poems, and to recite some by heart | 1.2.g.1 Understand both the books they can already read accurately and fluently and those they listen to by: predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far | |
| 1.1.a.8 Read aloud accurately books that are consistent with their developing phonic knowledge and that do not require them to use other strategies to work out words | |||
| 1.1.a.9 Re-read these books to build up their fluency and confidence in word reading | 1.2.d.1 Develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: discussing word meanings, linking new meanings to those already known |