Level 6
In Level 6 children will be reading longer and less familiar texts independently and fluently. It is crucial that at this point children are now reading to learn and reading for pleasure.
Children should be able to read the 300 high frequency words. At this point it is important that comprehension strategies are developed so that children clarify meaning, ask and answer questions about the texts they are reading, construct mental images during reading and summarise what they have read.
In spelling children are introduced to the adding of suffixes and how to spell longer words. Throughout the phase children are encouraged to develop strategies for learning spellings.
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Strategy |
Explanation |
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Syllables |
To learn a word by listening to how many syllables there are so it can be broken into smaller bits. (e.g. Sep-tem-ber) |
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Base Words |
To learn a word by finding its base word. (e.g. jumping- base word jump +ing |
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Analogy |
To learn a word use a word that is already learnt. (e.g. could, would, should) |
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Mnemonics |
To learn a word by making up a sentence to help remember them. (e.g. could – OU Lucky Duck; people eat orange peel like elephants |