AMENDMENTS TO "EN2 READING"

The provisions of the Document relating to the first key stage entitled "En2 Reading" are amended in the section entitled "Knowledge, skills and understanding" by substituting for the sub-section entitled "Reading strategies" the following -

Reading strategies

1. Pupils should be taught to read with fluency, accuracy, understanding and enjoyment.

Word recognition and graphic knowledge

They should be taught phonemic awareness and phonic knowledge to decode and encode words, including to:
(a) hear, identify, segment and blend phonemes in words in the order in which they occur
(b) name the letters of the alphabet
(c) identify syllables in words
(d) recognise that the same sounds may have different spellings and that the same spellings may relate to different sounds
(e) read on sight high-frequency words and other familiar words
(f) recognise words with common spelling patterns
(g) recognise specific parts of words, including prefixes, suffixes, inflectional endings, plurals
(h) link sound and letter patterns, exploring rhyme, alliteration and other sound patterns

Understanding text

They should be taught to use grammatical understanding and their knowledge of the content and context of texts to:
(i) understand how word order affects meaning
(j) decipher new words, and confirm or check meaning
(k) work out the sense of a sentence by rereading or reading ahead
(l) focus on the meaning derived from the text as a whole
(m) use their knowledge of book conventions, structure, sequence and presentational devices
(n) draw on their background knowledge and understanding of the content.

AMENDMENTS TO "THE EARLY LEARNING GOAL"

(1C) The provisions of the Document are to have effect as amended by substituting for the early learning goal "Hear and say initial and final sounds in words, and short sounds within words" the following -

"Hear and say sounds in words in the order in which they occur,"