Literacy

Talking& Listening

• use different types of questions; ask focused questions
• suggest possible solutions to problems
• use some drama strategies to explore stories or issues
• respond in role using appropriate languageReading
• Take account of the grammar and punctuation when reading aloud, e.g. sentences, speech marks, exclamation marks and commas to mark pauses
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• use awareness of grammar to decipher new or unfamiliar words, e.g. to predict from the text, read on, leave a gap and return; use these strategies in conjunction with knowledge of phonemes, word recognition, graphic knowledge and context when reading;
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• understand the function of verbs in sentences through:

noticing that sentences cannot make sense without them;

collecting and classifying examples of verbs from reading and own knowledge, e.g. run, chase, sprint; eat, consume, gobble; said, whispered, shrieked;

experimenting with changing simple verbs in sentences and discussing their impact on meaning

use verb tenses with increasing accuracy in speaking and writing, e.g. catch/caught, see/saw, go/went, etc.

Sentence construction

1. understand the basic conventions of speech punctuation through:

• identifying speech marks in reading;
• using them appropriately in writing;
• using capital letters to mark the start of direct speech

1. use commas to separate items in a list
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3. demonstrate their knowledge of question marks and exclamation marks in reading, understand their purpose and use appropriately in writing
4. collect examples, from reading, of common ways of introducing and concluding dialogue, e.g. ‘said’, ‘replied’, ‘asked’, etc.

Spelling

know and understand that the same spelling may be represented by more than one sound, e.g. cow, blow

• know and understand that the same phoneme can be represented in more than one way e.g. tea, me, tree, happy
• identify phonemes in speech and writing
• blend phonemes for reading
• segment words into phonemes for spelling

Writing

write character portraits,

• use upper and lower case letters appropriately within words

write a first person account, e.g. write a character’s own account of incident in story read