We can not state how important it is for you to sign your child's green reading record each night once you have read/questioned them to evidence that they are practicing these techniques. 

Children who 'Strive for 5' by having their book signed 5 times a week can win book vouchers at the end of a term.

Reading Expectations

Reading Towards the Expected Standard children should:

• Hear and say initial sounds in words. 
• Segment and blend sounds in simple words. 
• Begin to read words and simple sentences. 
• Describe main story setting, events and characters. 
• Listens to stories with increasing attention and recall.

Reading At the Expected Standard children should:

• Read and understand simple sentences.
• They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately.
• They also read some common irregular words.
• They demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read.

Reading Above the Expected Standard children should:

• Can read phonically regular words of more than 1 syllable as well as many irregular but high frequency words. 
• Uses phonic, semantic and syntactic knowledge to understand unfamiliar vocabulary.
• Can describe the main events in the simple stories they have read.