PHONICS AND READING

Phonics level 1

Oxford Reading Tree Stage 1 – 2

Skills: Recognising letters by name and sounds Able to sound out 3-letter blends

Phonics level 2

Oxford Reading Tree Stage 3 – 4

Skills: Identifying and understanding short and long vowels Sounding out long vowels in words

Phonics level 3

Oxford Reading Tree Stage 5

Skills: Independently sound out consonant blends Possess an expanded year-level appropriate vocabulary

Phonics level 4

Skills: Recognising and reading tricky words (ie trapezoid) Sounding all vowel diphthongs and r-controlled vowels

Phonics level 5

Skills: Able to accurately count syllables Recognising consonant digraphs and blends

Phonics level 6

Skills: Fluency of silent letters in words Identify and sound out soft and hard sounds in words Blindly dictate year-level appropriate words

Comprehensive English

Foundation Level - for Kindergarteners to Primary 1 students

Oxford Reading Tree Stage 1 – 2

Skills: Recognising letters by name and sounds Able to sound out 3-letter blends

Level 1 – for K3 to Primary 1 students

Skills: Recognising and reading tricky words (ie trapezoid) Sounding all vowel diphthongs and r-controlled vowels

Level 2 – for Primary 1 to Primary 2 students

Level 3 – for Primary 2 to Primary 3 students

Level 4 – for Primary 3 to Primary 4 students

Level 5 – for Primary 5 to Primary 6 students

Level 6 – for Primary 6 to Secondary students

Skills: Recognising and reading tricky words (ie trapezoid) Sounding all vowel diphthongs and r-controlled vowels

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