ABSTRACT
This resulted from development work with an LEA learning support team who wanted to provide targets and strategies for primary schools in relation to Reading in the National Curriculum. The result is being used by schools as support material to enable class teachers to become more involved in writing and delivering IEPs.
Aim: to behave like a reader
Target: to look at a book independently for five minutes at a time
Aim: to pretend to read
Target: to join in paired reading with an adult or a peer
Aim: to know how a book works
Target: to look at the text and illustrations when participating in a shared reading activity
Aim: to select an appropriate reading book
Target: to express a preference for the kind of book or a particular book he/she would like to have read to him/her
