Year 1

Year 2

The child as a reader

Is increasingly familiar with a wide range of poems, stories, fairy stories and traditional tales

Is developing pleasure in reading

Can recognise rhymes and some simple poems

Is increasingly familiar with a wide range of stories, fairy stories and traditional tales

Developing pleasure in reading

Can participate in discussion about both books that are read to them and those they read for themselves

Can recognise recurring literary language in poems and stories

Word reading, decoding and understanding

Can apply phonic knowledge as a route to decode words

Can recognise, read and identify correct sound to grapheme for all 40+ phonemes

Can recognise, read and identify alternative sounds for some graphemes

Can break words into more than one syllable that contain taught GPCs

Can read words with increasing fluency without overt sounding and blending

Can read common exception words

Can recognise and read prefix un and use this to construct meanings of words

Can recognise and read a range of suffixes and use these to construct the meanings of words in context e.g. s, es, ing, er,est, ed

Can recognise an increasing range of punctuation (. CL ! ? ) and use this to add expression and understanding to the text

Can use the context of the text and pictures to help read unfamiliar words

Can read words with simple contractions

Can discuss word meanings, linking new meanings to those they already know

Can decode unknown words applying phonic knowledge

Can recognise, read and identify the full range of vowel graphemes

Can recognise, read and identify the full range of consonant graphemes

Can break words into two or more syllables

Can read 90 words per minute at expected standard

Can read further common exception words

Can recognise and read a range of suffixes and use these to construct the meanings of words in context e.g. ed, ing, er,est, ly, ful, less, ness, ment

Can recognise an increasing range of punctuation (. CL ! ? " " , ') and use this to add expression and understanding to the text

Can use the context of the text to help read unfamiliar words

Can discuss word meanings, linking new meanings to those they already know

Can recognise adjectives, adverbs and similes

Can identify how vocabulary choices effect meaning

Comprehension

(Retrieval)

Join in with predictable phrases or refrains

Can explain what is read in their own words

Recall main points (who, what, where, when, how, why answers)

Link what they read or hear to their own experiences

Recall main points with reference to the text (who, what, where, when, how, why answers)

Can read closely to obtain specific information e.g. what type of clothes someone was wearing

Can identify, select and highlight key words in a sentence to answer recall questions

Is beginning to scan for a specific purpose e.g. looking for specific information e.g. names of characters

Can recognise and talk about the main differences between fiction and non-fiction texts

Comprehension (Sequencing)

Identify components of a story - beginning, middle and end

Identify components of a story - beginning, middle and end

Can sequence events in text

Comprehension (Inference)

Can answer simple 'How' and 'Why' questions from pictures or text

Can discuss the actions of characters and justify views on the basis of what is being said and done

Can discuss the actions of characters and justify views on the basis of what is being said and done

Can summarise the main points from a passage or a text

Can identify and discuss favourite words and phrases

Can ask questions to improve their understanding of a text

Is beginning to identify the author’s main purpose for writing

Can explain what the writer might be thinking

Comprehension (Prediction)

Can discuss the significance of the title

Can make predictions sometimes based on what has been read so far

Can make predictions on basis of what has been read so far