| Talking & Listening |
Attempts to describe features of familiar people, animals, objects
Awareness of using all five senses to create a mood or feeling in descriptive writing
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Recognises familiar objects or people from a description
Awareness of using all five senses to create a mood or feeling is descriptive writing
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Describes less familiar people, places, animals and things
Contributes to group work in a collaborative manner
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Notes aspects of language use, such as vocabulary, rhythm, similes, idioms, proverbs, metaphors and personification, and how they enhance the meaning of spoken descriptions
Contributes to group work in a collaborative manner
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| Reading & Comprehension |
Identifies words that represent who or what in texts, eg. nouns and noun groups in shared or guided reading
Observes and uses punctuation when reading
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Finds information in descriptions
Shows awareness that information on a topic, character, place etc. can be sought from a number of sources
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Uses suitable vocabulary to suit purpose of description
Recalls information from descriptive texts to create a mental image
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Identifies typical language features used in different descriptions
Recalls information from descriptive texts to create a mental image
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| Writing |
Guided descriptive writing
Writes recognisable words
Observes need for corrections in own writing
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Guided descriptive writing
Writes recognisable sentences in correct order
Edits own writing
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Guided descriptive writing
Writes description of a person, animal, object or place with attention to several distinguished characteristics
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Guided descriptive writing
Writes detailed description of a person, place, animal or object, selecting details that develop an overall image of what is being described
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| Grammar |
Plurals
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Plurals
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Plurals
Similes
Metaphors
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Plurals
Similes
Metaphors
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| Spelling & Sounds |
eight, igh, ight
Consistently breaks CVC words into sounds
Recognises common letter patterns
Assessment task - Core word list recognition
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Sounds -
eight, igh, ight
Spelling rule -
When we add 'ing' to a word that ends in one vowel and one consonant we double the consonant eg. hop, hopping; swim, swimming
Assessment task - Core word list spelling test
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Spelling rule -
'tion' says 'sh' in a final syllable eg. ambition, population, information
Assessment task - Core word list spelling test
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Spelling rule -
'tion' says 'sh' in a final syllable eg. ambition, population, information
Assessment task - Core word list spelling test
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| Handwriting |
eight, igh, ight
Recognises letters in both lower and upper case
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eight, igh, ight
Recognises letters in both lower and upper case both written and electronically
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Joining to and from small letters
i - nine, tin, fin, yip, vi
J - uj, oj, yj, job, jet
K - pack, poke, yk, keep
Consistently writes using correct posture when both handwriting and typing
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Joining to and from small letters
i - nine, tin, fin, yip, vi
J - uj, oj, yj, job, jet
K - pack, poke, yk, keep
Consistently writes using correct posture when both handwriting and typing
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