Reading

Enjoyment and choice

– within a motivating and challenging environment, developing an awareness of the relevance of texts in my life

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Fourth

I enjoy exploring and playing with the patterns and sounds of language, and can use what I learn.

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LIT 0-01a/LIT 0-11a/LIT 0-20a

I regularly select and read, listen to or watch texts which I enjoy and find interesting, and I can explain why I prefer certain texts and authors.

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LIT 1-11a

I regularly select and read, listen to or watch texts which I enjoy and find interesting, and I can explain why I prefer certain texts and authors.

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LIT 2-11a

I regularly select and read, listen to or watch texts for enjoyment and interest, and I can express how well they meet my needs and expectations and give reasons, with evidence, for my personal response.

I can identify sources to develop the range of my reading.

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LIT 3-11a

I can independently identify sources to develop the range of my reading.

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LIT 4-11a

I enjoy exploring and choosing stories and other texts to watch, read or listen to, and can share my likes and dislikes.

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LIT 0-01b/LIT 0-11b

Tools for reading

– to help me use texts with increasingly complex or unfamiliar ideas, structures and vocabulary within and beyond my place of learning

Early	First	Second	Third	Fourth
I explore sounds, letters and words, discovering how they work together, and I can use what I learn to help me as I read or write. *Responsibility of all GAI 0-12a/LIT 0-13a/LIT 0-21a	I can use my knowledge of sight vocabulary, phonics, context clues, punctuation and grammar to read with understanding and expression. GAI 1-12a	Through developing my knowledge of context clues, punctuation, grammar and layout, I can read unfamiliar texts with increasing fluency, understanding and expression. GAI 2-12a	Through developing my knowledge of context clues, punctuation, grammar and layout, I can read unfamiliar texts with increasing fluency, understanding and expression. GAI 3-12a	Through developing my knowledge of context clues, punctuation, grammar and layout, I can read unfamiliar texts with increasing fluency, understanding and expression. GAI 4-12a
	I am learning to select and use strategies and resources before I read, and as I read, to help make the meaning of texts clear. *Responsibility of all LIT 1-13a	I can select and use a range of strategies and resources before I read, and as I read, to make meaning clear and give reasons for my selection. *Responsibility of all LIT 2-13a	I can select and use the strategies and resources I find most useful before I read, and as I read, to monitor and check my understanding. *Responsibility of all LIT 3-13a	Before and as I read, I can apply strategies and use resources independently to help me read a wide variety of texts and/or find the information I need. *Responsibility of all LIT 4-13a

Finding and using information

– when reading and using fiction and non-fiction texts with increasingly complex ideas, structures and specialist vocabulary

Early	First	Second	Third	Fourth
I use signs, books or other texts to find useful or interesting information and I use this to plan, make choices or learn new things. *Responsibility of all LIT 0-14a	Using what I know about the features of different types of texts, I can find, select, sort and use information for a specific purpose. *Responsibility of all LIT 1-14a	Using what I know about the features of different types of texts, I can find, select and sort information from a variety of sources and use this for different purposes. *Responsibility of all LIT 2-14a	Using what I know about the features of different types of texts, I can find, select, sort, summarise, link and use information from different sources. *Responsibility of all LIT 3-14a	Using what I know about the features of different types of texts, I can find, select, sort, summarise, link and use information from different sources. *Responsibility of all LIT 4-14a
	I am learning to make notes under given headings and use them to understand information, explore ideas and problems and create new texts. *Responsibility of all LIT 1-15a	I can make notes, organise them under suitable headings and use them to understand information, develop my thinking, explore problems and create new texts, using my own words as appropriate. *Responsibility of all LIT 2-15a	I can make notes and organise them to develop my thinking, help retain and recall information, explore issues and create new texts, using my own words as appropriate. *Responsibility of all LIT 3-15a	I can make notes and organise them to develop my thinking, help retain and recall information, explore issues and create new texts, using my own words as appropriate. *Responsibility of all LIT 4-15a

Understanding, analysing and evaluating

– investigating and/or appreciating fiction and non-fiction texts with increasingly complex ideas, structures and specialist vocabulary for different purposes

Early	First	Second	Third	Fourth
To help me understand stories and other texts, I ask questions and link what I am learning with what I already know. *Responsibility of all LIT 0-07a/LIT 0-16a/GAI 0-17a	To show my understanding across different areas of learning, I can identify and consider the purpose and main ideas of a text. *Responsibility of all LIT 1-16a	To show my understanding across different areas of learning, I can identify and consider the purpose and main ideas of a text and use supporting detail. *Responsibility of all LIT 2-16a	To show my understanding across different areas of learning, I can: identify and consider the purpose, main concerns or concepts and use supporting detail make inferences from key statements identify and discuss similarities and differences between different types of text. *Responsibility of all LIT 3-16a	To show my understanding across different areas of learning, I can: clearly state the purpose, main concerns, concepts or arguments and use supporting detail make inferences from key statements and state these accurately in my own words compare and contrast different types of text. *Responsibility of all LIT 4-16a
	To show my understanding, I can respond to different kinds of questions and other close reading tasks and I am learning to create some questions of my own. GAI 1-17a	To show my understanding, I can respond to literal, inferential and evaluative questions and other close reading tasks and can create different kinds of questions of my own. GAI 2-17a	To show my understanding, I can comment, with evidence, on the content and form of short and extended texts, and respond to literal, inferential and evaluative questions and other types of close reading tasks. GAI 3-17a	To show my understanding, I can give detailed, evaluative comments, with evidence, on the content and form of short and extended texts, and respond to different kinds of questions and other types of close reading tasks. GAI 4-17a
	To help me develop an informed view, I can recognise the difference between fact and opinion. *Responsibility of all LIT 1-18a	To help me develop an informed view, I can identify and explain the difference between fact and opinion, recognise when I am being influenced, and have assessed how useful and believable my sources are. *Responsibility of all LIT 2-18a	To help me develop an informed view, I am exploring the techniques used to influence my opinion. I can recognise persuasion and assess the reliability of information and credibility and value of my sources. *Responsibility of all LIT 3-18a	To help me develop an informed view, I can recognise persuasion and bias, identify some of the techniques used to influence my opinion, and assess the reliability of information and credibility and value of my sources. *Responsibility of all LIT 4-18a
I enjoy exploring events and characters in stories and other texts, sharing my thoughts in different ways. *Responsibility of all LIT 0-19a	I can share my thoughts about structure, characters and/or setting, recognise the writer’s message and relate it to my own experiences, and comment on the effective choice of words and other features. GAI 1-19a	I can: discuss structure, characterisation and/or setting recognise the relevance of the writer’s theme and how this relates to my own and others’ experiences discuss the writer’s style and other features appropriate to genre. GAI 2-19a	I can: discuss and evaluate the structure, characterisation and/or setting using some supporting evidence identify the main theme of the text and recognise the relevance this has to my own and others’ experiences identify and comment on aspects of the writer’s style and other features appropriate to genre using some relevant evidence. GAI 3-19a	I can: discuss and evaluate the effectiveness of structure, characterisation and/or setting using some supporting evidence identify how the writer’s main theme or central concerns are revealed and can recognise how they relate to my own and others’ experiences identify and make a personal evaluation of the effect of aspects of the writer’s style and other features appropriate to genre using some relevant evidence and terminology. GAI 4-19a

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