Dear Parent/Carer 

Your child is now on Reading Band Turquoise Fish.  Thank you for encouraging your child to read.  

Targets 

• understand everything that is being read without relying on illustrations 

• read different types of books with a full page of text 

• read with a range of expression by paying attention to punctuation and text layout 

• read more unusual words while checking the meaning 

• use alphabetical order to find information 

Always 

• ask, ‘Has that ever happened to you?’ 

• talk together about books they have read or heard