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Year 5 Reading Objectives

Y5 Expected Outcomes

Y5 Greater Depth Outcomes

Word

  • I use some of the words and word parts that understand already to think about what new words mean and sound like.
  • I confidently use some of the words and word parts that understand already to think about what new words mean and sound like.

Fluency

  • I can read more challenging words quickly and accurately.
  • I can read more challenging words independently, quickly and accurately.
  • I am able to prepare, read aloud and perform poems and plays (showing understanding through intonation, tone and volume so that the meaning is clear to an audience).
  • I am able to prepare, read aloud and perform poems and plays confidently.

Comprehension

  • I am becoming familiar with a range of books (including myths, legends, traditional stories, modern fiction from out literacy heritage and books from other cultures and traditions).
  • I am becoming familiar with a range of books and can compare their key features.
  • I have learnt a few poems by heart.
  • I have learnt more poems by heart and can compare them to other poems I have learnt.
  • I check my understanding of a text through discussion and exploring the meaning of words
  • I check my understanding of a text through finding where I think I misunderstand and the exploring the meaning of the text through discussion.

 

  • I am able to make simple summaries of a given number of paragraphs I have read.
  • I am able to summarise a given number of paragraphs I have read.
  • I can see that characters do the things they do because of their feelings.
  • I can see that characters do the things they do because of their feelings and can justify this with evidence gathered from across from the text.
  • I can predict what may happen in a story by thinking about what has happened up to now.
  • I can more accurately predict what may happen in a story by thinking about what has happened up to now and highlighting the key events or clues.

 

  • I can find and make notes on information from non-fiction.
  • I can find and make notes on information from non-fiction with clarity.
  • I am beginning to participate in discussions about books I have read by listening to others' ideas.
  • I am beginning to participate in more detailed discussions about books I have read by listening to others' ideas and sharing my own carefully formulated opinions.
  • I am able to explain my views.
  • I am able to justify my views in greater detail.