Reading Videos at Level 1.25
This series of reading videos are presented to support teachers to make consistent and accurate judgements of students’ progress in reading, against the reading domain of the English Victorian Essential Learning Standards. The videos depict student-teacher interactions, which highlight typical student behaviours that reflect the reading standards and progression points. They may be viewed to generate professional conversations about student learning and to report on student progress.
VELS English Standards and Progression Points - Level 1
The student progressing towards Level 2 Reading Standard & who is presently at 1.25
Can name all uppercase and lowercase letters in the alphabet
Can identify common sounds for letters
Can read simple print and electronic texts independently and with moderate accuracy and fluency
Can accurately read high frequency words
Can retell what they have read, using the text as a prompt
Can predict what a text will be about using textual features and some known words
Can understand the differences between real and imaginative texts