Dear Parent/Carer
Your child is now on Reading Band Pink Flamingo. Thank you for encouraging 
your child to read.
Targets
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understand stories make sense and sound right
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find the title, turn the pages, start reading on the left
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read each word as they point to them
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guess what might happen in a book
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use what they know about letter sounds to read words
Always
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ask them about the story and talk about the pictures
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say ‘Where do we start reading?’
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let them hold the book and turn the pages themselves
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if they get stuck ask; ‘what would make sense?’ or say, ‘sound it out’ or ‘go back and try again’