Activity 6.7 reading development template

		Stage of reading development	
		Pre 1 and 2
No/few words	Beg 1 and 2
Phonic regularity, repetitive phrases	Ind 1 and 2
Longer sentences, 
decoding new words	
Book content	Reading focus	•	Talks about a book
•	Clear illustrations 
•	Links letters to sounds
•	First sight words 	•	Focuses on specific phonics
•	Memorises repeated phrases
•	More sight words
•	Identifies syllables and rhymes
•	Uses picture cues to guess words	•	Recognises some high-frequency and common words 
•	Decodes longer words using phonics, look-and-say and context
•	Shows understanding of longer story	
	Title 1				
	Title 2				
	Title 3				
	Researched title 1				
	Researched title 2