Northern Ireland

Reading

• Read with some independence

  • Find a word in a sentence (R-C.3)
  • Blend each sound in a word together (R-E.2)

• Read a range of texts including digital texts and those composed by themselves and others

• Sequence stories in reasonable detail using appropriate language

• Use word structure to develop reading

• Develop auditory discrimination and memory

  • Which word has the same ending? (R-D.1)
  • Which two words have the same ending? (R-D.2)
  • Choose the picture that rhymes with the word (R-D.3)
  • Blend each sound in a word together (R-E.2)
  • Identify the first sound in a word (R-E.3)
  • Put the sounds in order (R-E.4)
  • Which two words start with the same sound? (R-F.1)
  • Which two words end with the same sound? (R-F.2)
  • Find the word that begins with a given sound (R-H.1)
  • Choose the lowercase letter that matches the consonant sound: review (R-H.5)
  • Find the short a word (R-I.1)
  • Find the short e word (R-J.1)
  • Find the short i word (R-K.1)
  • Find the short o word (R-L.1)
  • Find the short u word (R-M.1)

• Develop visual discrimination and memory

  • Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase (R-A.1)
  • Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase (R-A.2)
  • Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase (R-A.3)
  • Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase (R-A.4)
  • Frequently confused letters: find the letter (R-A.5)
  • Frequently confused letters: find all the letters (R-A.6)
  • Choose the lowercase letter that matches: c, k, o, p, s, u, v, w, x, z (R-B.1)
  • Choose the lowercase letter that matches: a, b, d, e, g, h, n, q, r (R-B.3)
  • Find all the lowercase letters (R-B.4)
  • Choose the uppercase letter that matches: C, K, O, P, S, U, V, W, X, Z (R-B.5)
  • Choose the uppercase letter that matches: A, B, D, E, G, H, N, Q, R (R-B.7)
  • Find all the uppercase letters (R-B.8)
  • Choose the two words that are the same (R-C.1)
  • Find a word in a sentence (R-C.3)
  • Choose the two sight words that are the same (R-N.1)
  • Read sight words: review sets 1–10 (R-N.15)

• Share a range of books with adults/other pupils

• Know how to handle and care for books

  • Identify book parts and features (R-O.1)

• Understand and use some language associated with books, for example, cover, spine, author, illustrator

  • Identify book parts and features (R-O.1)

• Select and use books for specific purposes

• Develop concepts of print

  • Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase (R-A.1)
  • Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase (R-A.2)
  • Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase (R-A.3)
  • Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase (R-A.4)
  • Frequently confused letters: find the letter (R-A.5)
  • Frequently confused letters: find all the letters (R-A.6)
  • Choose the two words that are the same (R-C.1)
  • Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly (R-C.2)
  • Find a word in a sentence (R-C.3)
  • Blend each sound in a word together (R-E.2)
  • Identify the first sound in a word (R-E.3)
  • Put the sounds in order (R-E.4)

• Listen to a range of stories, poems and non-fiction texts read to them by adults/other pupils