Band 4 – Blue – Level 1 (C/B)

Band 4 – Blue – Level 1 (C/B)




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Learning opportunities

Move through text attending to meaning, print and sentence structure flexibly
Self-correct more rapidly on-the-run
Re-read to enhance phrasing and clarify precise meaning
Solve new words using print information along with attention to meaning
Use analogy with known vocabulary to solve new words
Manage a greater variety of text genre
Discuss content of the text in a manner which indicates precise understanding

Text characteristics

Greater variation in sentence patterns and content
Literary language integrated with natural language
Any repeated language patterns are longer or act as refrains
More lines of text on page, sometimes up to 6 or8 lines
Stories have more events
Non-fiction texts include some abstract terms and impersonal sentence structures
Pictures support story line rather than convey precise meaning so closely
More similar-looking words appear in text



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