Dear Parent/Carer 

Your child is now on Reading Band Orange Pumpkin.  Thank you for encouraging your child to read.  

Targets 

• read longer books/stories with fewer pictures 

• check that what is being read makes sense, sounds right and looks right without adult help 

• notice punctuation and how the book is set out 

• break longer words into chunks i.e. yes/ter/day 

• know that they need to ‘read between the lines’ and use clues to understand the story 

Always 

• find and talk about information from non-fiction books 

• talk about unusual words and their meaning - glacier 

• ask what sort of book it is – fiction, non-fiction, poetry 

• look for words within words i.e. playground