Moderately Fluent Reader

A Moderately Fluent Reader

• Is engaging with reading
• Can read with confidence for more sustained periods of time
• Will blend returning to a familiar range of texts with beginning to explore new types of text independently
• Will be looking at larger units of words to help them decode effectively
• Will be reading more fluently
• Developing confidence in tackling new texts independently
• Is showing growing enthusiasm for a wider range of texts
• Will be starting to link new reading to their own experiences

Older readers may;

• Still need help with reading demands of a classroom
• Begin to take on more of the reading for themselves as their reading experiences increase

To Support Parents Can;

• Maintain a rich reading programme that will nurture a child's experience of literature
• Continue to hone increasing competence and develop stamina
• Nurture skills of reflection and criticism through debate, book talk and book clubs groups
• Listen to audio books over dinner