| Talking & Listening |
Gives a simple instruction
Listens to and follows a simple instruction
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Gives a brief set of instructions
Listens to and follows a brief set of instructions
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Listens to, discusses and notes key ideas from a set of instructions
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Listens to, discusses and notes key ideas from a variety of sources including written text, recordings, documentaries etc.
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| Reading & Comprehension |
Begins to recognise sight words in printed text
Uses a variety of reading strategies
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Recognises irregular common words such as 'come', 'are' and 'laugh'
Uses a variety of reading strategies
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Locates information from a variety of sources including books, pictures, Internet, databases and media texts
Scans text for key information
Makes judgements about the appropriateness of information
Uses a search engine effectively
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Identifies relevant and valid resources for research
Scans text for key information
Summarises key information
Uses a search engine effectively
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| Writing |
Writes some sights words accurately without copying them
Groups letters into words - knows what a letter is, knows what a word is
Writes or copies a factual sentence
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Model then jointly construct elementary descriptive information report
Draws on knowledge of sight words when writing
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Model and guided extended description of each feature in an information report
Focus on technical vocabulary
Using a paragraph as a subsection of writing expressing one idea, marked by a new line
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Model and guided extended description of each feature in an information report
Focus on technical vocabulary
Using a paragraph as a subsection of writing expressing one idea, marked by a new line
Using complex sentence structures within paragraphs
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| Grammar |
Common nouns
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Common nouns
Personal pronouns ie. I, me, we, us, you, they, he, she
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Common nouns
Possessive pronouns ie. mine, ours, your, yours, his, hers, theirs
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Common nouns
Relative pronouns ie. who, whom, which, that, whose
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| Spelling & Sounds |
at, et
Can blend a sequence of sounds into a word ie. c - a - t makes cat
Spells some sight words accurately without prompting
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Sounds -
ai, ay, a_e
Blends CVVC words, words with vowel digraphs ie. rain, train and other common digraphs ie. play, say
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Homophones
Use spell checker, dictionary and a thesaurus on a computer
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Homophones
Use spell checker, dictionary and a thesaurus on a computer
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| Handwriting |
Pp, Bb, 6
Focus on clockwise direction for these round letters and numbers
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Pp, Bb, 6
Focus on clockwise direction for these round letters and numbers
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ai, ay, a_e
Linking letters in words with these digraphs
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ai, ay, a_e
Linking letters in words with these digraphs
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