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Spelling

Pupils will be taught to:

• Spell:
• Words containing each of the 40+ phonemes already taught
• Common exception words
• The days of the week
• Name the letters of the alphabet:
• Naming the letters of the alphabet in order
• Using letter names to distinguish between alternative spellings of the same sound
• Add prefixes and suffixes:
• Using the spelling rule for adding –s or –es as the plural marker for nouns and the third person singular marker for verbs
• Using the prefix un–
• Using –ing, –ed, –er and –est where no change is needed in the spelling of root words [for example, helping, helped, helper, eating, quicker, quickest]
• Apply simple spelling rules and guidance, as listed in English appendix 1
• Write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include words using the GPCs and common exception words taught so far

Handwriting

Pupils should be taught to:

• Sit correctly at a table, holding a pencil comfortably and correctly
• Begin to form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place
• Form capital letters
• Form digits 0-9
• Understand which letters belong to which handwriting ‘families’ (ie letters that are formed in similar ways) and to practise these

 

Composition  

Pupils will be taught to write sentences by:

• Saying out loud what they are going to write about
• Compose a sentence orally before writing it
• Sequence sentences to form short narratives
• Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense
• Discuss what they have written with the teacher or other pupils
• Read their writing aloud, clearly enough to be heard by their peers and the teacher

 

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

Pupils will be taught to:

• Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English appendix 2 by:
• Leave spaces between words
• Join words and joining clauses using ‘and’
• Punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark
• Use a capital letter for names of people, places, the days of the week, and the personal pronoun ‘I’
• Learn the grammar for year 1 in English appendix 2
• Use the grammatical terminology in English English appendix 2 in discussing their writing