Word Reading
Pupils should revise and consolidate the GPCs and the common exception words taught in year 1. The exception words taught will vary slightly, depending on the phonics programme being used. As soon as pupils can read words comprising the year 2 GPCs accurately and speedily, they should move on to the years 3 and 4 programme of study for word reading.
When pupils are taught how to read longer words, they should be shown syllable boundaries and how to read each syllable separately before they combine them to read the word.
Pupils should be taught how to read suffixes by building on the root words that they have already learnt. The whole suffix should be taught as well as the letters that make it up.
Pupils who are still at the early stages of learning to read should have ample practice in reading books that are closely matched to their developing phonic knowledge and knowledge of common exception words. As soon as the decoding of most regular words and common exception words is embedded fully, the range of books that pupils can read independently will expand rapidly. Pupils should have opportunities to exercise choice in selecting books and be taught how to do so.
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Continue to apply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decode words until automatic decoding has become embedded and reading is fluent
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Read accurately by blending the sounds in words that contain the graphemes taught so far, especially recognising alternative sounds for graphemes
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Read accurately words of two or more syllables that contain the same graphemes as above
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Read most words quickly and accurately, without overt sounding and blending, when they have been frequently encountered
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