Reading On The Lines

Level of Reading	Learning Outcome for Reading Skill	Animation
Reading On the Lines	Scan texts to locate the required information by using strategies such as looking at repeated words, words in bold, italics and capital letters
	Skim texts to obtain a general impression and the gist or main ideas with support (e.g. teacher, visual)
	Follow simple instructions and signs by recognising keywords with visual support
	Understand information from front covers (e.g. title, author), pictures and page numbers
	Work out the meanings of words and expressions by recognising the base words within other words (e.g. mother/ grandmother, rain/rainy), high frequency words (e.g. the, not) and repetitive patterns (e.g. Not I)
	Process simple sentences and some compound sentences by using knowledge of basic conventions of written English (e.g. punctuation, basic sentence structures) and identifying meaningful chunks (e.g. in her school)
	Make predictions about simple texts and topics of interest by using information from titles and pictures
	Recognise and understand the meanings of some common abbreviations and contracted forms (e.g. Mr., 10:00 a.m., I'm, aren't, mustn't)
	Identify characters, settings and sequence of events in narrative texts for young children (e.g. stories, fairy tales)
	Understand the intention, attitudes and feelings explicitly conveyed in texts by recognising keywords
	Decode words and work out their meanings by using knowledge of letter-sound relationships (e.g. cat, hear, tall)
	Confirm meanings by re-reading a sentence or a paragraph
	Use given materials to locate the required information (e.g. menus for food items and prices, a set of word cards organised in alphabetical order or by themes for spellings of words)
	Locate the required information by identifying keywords from questions and texts
	Recognise and understand the use of familiar words in new texts
	Recognise the format, visual elements and language features of some common text types (e.g. signs, notices)
	Understand the use of simple cohesive devices to connect ideas (e.g. and, but, or, he, them, my)