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Year 5

Reading Progression – Year 5 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Reading 

Outcomes 

Autumn 1 

Autumn 2 

Spring 1 

Spring 2 

Summer 1 

Summer 2 

Retrieves key details and some quotations from the text to demonstrate understanding of key details/information in a text 

 

Identify explicit details from the text, showing exactly where in the text they found the information 

 

Can prove or disprove simple statements about a character by finding evidence in a text 

 

Explains different reasons for reading, including for enjoyment 

 

Perseveres with challenging texts 

c. Is able to skim whole texts to answer recall questions 

 

Is able to scan whole texts to answer recall questions 

 

Gives feasible, reasoned predictions based on evidence 

 

Begins to use evidence from description, dialogue and action to support their ideas 

 

Summative reading assessment 

 

Can read and discuss the construction and meaning of different types of poetry 

 

Can compare and evaluate different texts against their intended purpose 

 

Explains isolated events from a text, in the context of the whole narrative 

 

Confidently uses new language from their own reading experiences in their written and spoken work 

 

Selects information from across a text to explain or illustrate their ideas 

 

Can identify the text type according to key features 

 

Can summarise the main points from a whole text 

 

Summative reading assessment 

Comments on the impact of organisational and presentational features of a text 

 

Can empathise with a character's motives and behaviours 

 

Explains clearly how vocabulary choices affect meaning in a range of text types 

 

Explains how punctuation and sentence construction is used to enhance meaning 

 

Uses knowledge of vocabulary and context to give meaning to new language 

 

Recognises a range of descriptive devices including figurative language 

 

Compares the behaviour and feelings of different characters in a text 

 

Can explain the importance of cultural or historical settings on how a text is composed 

 

Reading 

Outcomes 

Makes links between own reading experiences and that of others 

 

Constructs detailed responses about what they have read, demonstrating deep understanding and maturity as a reader 

 

Probes texts deeply through their own questioning and evaluation 

 

Confidently presents texts aloud to a range of audiences 

 

Uses information from the text to direct their presentation of it to others 

 

Cyclical Reading Skills 

Can read aloud with intonation that shows understanding 

 

Can construct visual images 

 

Can use appropriate decoding strategies fluently and accurately  

 

Can show an understanding of the meaning of vocabulary in different contexts 

 

Can find and copy one word/groups of words with a particular meaning 

 

Can find words in a text that most closely match the meaning of a given word  

 

Can explain what words suggest about a given subject 

 

Can talk about a growing repertoire of vocabulary and know how to independently find out what unknown words in text mean 

 

Can identify and comment on the grammatical features of text 

 

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