Encourage writing in your classroom with these word cards. These can be used in a variety of ways, ranging from a visual dictionary, as writing prompts or a word wall.
Vocabulary is included for:
Verbs
Characters
Feelings
School
Food
Adjectives
Verbs
Understand that a simple sentence consists of a single independent clause representing a single event or idea
Create and edit short imaginative, informative and persuasive written and/or multimodal texts for familiar audiences, using text structure appropriate to purpose, simple and compound sentences, noun groups and verb groups, topic-specific vocabulary, simple punctuation and common 2-syllable words
Understand that words can represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)
Explore the contribution of images and words to meaning in stories and informative texts
Understand that in sentences nouns may be extended into noun groups using articles and adjectives, and verbs may be expressed as verb groups
Experiment with and begin to make conscious choices of vocabulary to suit the topic
Recognise that sentences are key units for expressing ideas
Identify how texts across the curriculum are organised differently and use language features depending on purposes
Create and edit literary texts by adapting structures and language features of familiar literary texts through drawing, writing, performance and digital tools
Explore the different contribution of words and images to meaning in stories and informative texts
Explore differences in words that represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)
Understand that nouns represent people, places, concrete objects and abstract concepts; that there are three types of nouns: common, proper and pronouns; and that noun groups/phrases can be expanded using articles and adjectives
Recognise that sentences are key units for expressing ideas
Understand the use of vocabulary about familiar and new topics and experiment with and begin to make conscious choices of vocabulary to suit audience and purpose
Identify the parts of a simple sentence that represent ‘What’s happening?’, ‘What state is being described?’, ‘Who or what is involved?’ and the surrounding circumstances
Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter
Demonstrates developing skills and knowledge in grammar, punctuation and vocabulary when responding to and composing texts
Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
Demonstrates emerging skills and knowledge of texts to read and view, and shows developing awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter
Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies
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
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions
Understands and responds to literature read to them
Plans, creates and revises texts written for different purposes, including paragraphs, using knowledge of vocabulary, text features and sentence structure
Comprehends independently read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text, and monitoring for meaning
Explore the different contribution of words and images to meaning in stories and informative texts
Identify the parts of a simple sentence that represent ‘What’s happening?’, ‘Who or what is involved?’ and the surrounding circumstances
Explore differences in words that represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)
Understand that nouns represent people, places, things and ideas and include common, proper, concrete or abstract, and that noun groups/phrases can be expanded using articles and adjectives
Recognise that sentences are key units for expressing ideas
Understand the use of vocabulary about familiar and new topics and experiment with and begin to make conscious choices of vocabulary to suit audience and purpose