Book Band: Gold is 2B

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National Curriculum Level

2B


Book Band: Gold




Band 9 – Gold – Level 2 (B)

Learning opportunities (as for Band 8)

Look through a variety of texts with growing independence to predict content, layout and story development
Read silently or quietly at a more rapid pace, taking note of punctuation and using it to keep track of longer sentences
Solve most unfamiliar words on the run
Adapt to fiction, non-fiction or poetic language with growing flexibility
Take more conscious account of literary effects used by writers
Begin to make more conscious use of reading to extend speaking and writing vocabulary and syntax.

Text characteristics

Somewhat more challenging than in Band 8
Sentence structures become longer and more complex
Story plot may be more involved and reflect the feelings of the writer
Wider variety of text genre but still illustrated
Some books with chapters for more sustained reading
Characters are more distinctive and rounded than at earlier levels
Widening vocabulary and range of terminology
Non-fiction texts cover an increasing curriculum range




School Reference:

To read on sight high frequency words specific to graded books. Yr2, Tm2, W6)
To discriminate and blend common vowel phonemes as an aid to decoding unfamiliar words. (Yr2, Tm1, W6)
To identify words within words and common letter strings (syllables) as an aid to decoding unfamiliar words. (Yr2, Tm2, W5)
to identify and discuss new words in texts (Yr 2 Tm 2, W10)
To read aloud with intonation and expression appropriate to the grammar and punctuation. (Yr1, Tm2, S2)
To recognise and take account of comas and exclamation marks when reading. (Yr2, Tm1, S3)
To decipher new and unfamiliar words using awareness of grammar, e.g. to predict from text, to read on, leave a gap and reread. (Yr2, Tm2, S1)
To discuss how dialogue is set out.(Yr2, Tm2, S6)
To identify and discuss reasons for events in stories, linked to plot. (Yr2, Tm1, T5)
To discuss story settings and locate key words and phrases in texts. (Yr2, Tm2, T5)
To discuss and predict story themes. (Yr2, Tm2, T5)
To identify and describe characters, expressing own views and using words and phrases from the text. (Yr2, Tm2, T6)
To evaluate the usefulness of a text for its purpose. ( Yr2, Tm3, T18)
To predict story endings/incidents. (Yr2, Tm2, T4)
To scan a text to find specific sections, e.g. key words, phrases, subheadings. (Yr2, Tm3, T16)
To skim read: titles, content page, illustrations, chapter headings, to speculate what a book may be about. (Yr2, Tm3, T17)
To identify the main points in a non-fiction text.(Yr2, Tm3, T18)