Provide a simple and easily followed chart for students to access when writing sentences. Use the chart as a reminder prior to beginning any writing pieces, so that students are constantly reinforcing the important components of constructing a sentence.
Recognise that sentences are made up of groups of words that work together in particular ways to make meaning
Create and participate in shared editing of short written texts to record and report ideas and events using some learnt vocabulary, basic sentence boundary punctuation and spelling some consonant–vowel–consonant words correctly
Create and re-read to edit short written and/or multimodal texts to report on a topic, express an opinion or recount a real or imagined event, using grammatically correct simple sentences, some topic-specific vocabulary, sentence boundary punctuation and correct spelling of some one- and two-syllable words
Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge
Create short imaginative and informative texts that show emerging use of appropriate text structure, sentence-level grammar, word choice, spelling, punctuation and appropriate multimodal elements, for example illustrations and diagrams
Recognise that texts are made up of words and groups of words that make meaning
Demonstrates developing skills and knowledge in grammar, punctuation and vocabulary when responding to and composing texts
Composes texts using letters of consistent size and slope and uses digital technologies
Plans, composes and reviews a small range of simple texts for a variety of purposes on familiar topics for known readers and viewers
Composes simple texts to convey an idea or message
Produces most lower case and upper case letters and uses digital technologies to construct texts
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts
Comprehends independently read texts using background knowledge, word knowledge and understanding of how sentences connect
Creates written texts that include at least 2 related ideas and correct simple sentences
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies to spell taught familiar and high-frequency words when creating texts
Produces all lower-case and upper-case letters to create texts
Understands and responds to literature read to them
Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose
Uses a legible, fluent and automatic handwriting style, and digital technology, including word-processing applications, when creating texts
Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure
Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts
Construct texts using software including word processing programs
Participate in shared editing of students’ own texts for meaning, spelling, capital letters and full stops
Recognise that texts are made up of words and groups of words that make meaning
Create short imaginative and informative texts that show emerging use of appropriate text structure, sentence-level grammar, word choice, spelling, punctuation and appropriate multimodal elements
Reread student's own texts and discuss possible changes to improve meaning, spelling and punctuation
Construct texts that incorporate supporting images using software including word processing programs
Create short texts to explore, record and report ideas and events using familiar words and beginning writing knowledge