- follows and implements one command/instruction at a time
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- uses short term memory to recall pictures / sentences / poems
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- relates a story in response to an illustration / a set of pictures in sequence
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- uses language appropriately to express needs and to communicate with peers in structured situations
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- orally identifies rhyme in both written and spoken words
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- orally segments bisyllabic and polysyllabic words into syllables
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- orally counts the number of sounds within words
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- orally identifies the different kinds of vowels (short and long) within words
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- orally deletes the findal sounds of a word
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- reads and writes some long vowels appropriately
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- starts to develop familiarity with some basic rules which govern word spelling and word reading
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- reads compound words in isolation and in context
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- identifies ‘bits’ which have been added on to words i.e. Can the child identify the BASE word?
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- reads with ease regular monosyllabic and bisyllabic wors in isolation and in context
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- decodes confidently the high frequency words usually used in the classroom situation
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- understands that individual words are contributing to a whole sentence
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- understands the function of inverted commas and exclamation marks in reading
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- writes legibly using upper and lower case
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- writes simple sentences with both high frequency and regular words
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- recites all the alphabet sequence adn is confidently aware of the association between the letter names /sounds/symbols
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- reads accurately and confidently and comprehends the story of unseen reading materials of average class level without making more than 5 errors
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- infers meaning from text and predicts outcomes
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