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| Stage 4 | |||
| Phonics and Spelling | Handwriting | Composition | Grammar |
| 4.1.a.1 Spell further homophones | 4.1.d.1 Use the diagonal and horizontal strokes that are needed to join letters and understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined | 4.2.a.1 Plan their writing by: discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar | 4.3.a.1 Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by: choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition |
| 4.1.a.2 Spell words that are often misspelt (English Appendix 1) | 4.1.d.2 Increase the legibility, consistency and quality of their handwriting: e.g. by ensuring that the downstrokes of letters are parallel and equidistant; that lines of writing are spaced sufficiently so that the ascenders and descenders of letters do not touch | 4.3.a.2 Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by: extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although | |
| 4.2.b.1 Plan their writing by: discussing and recording ideas | 4.3.a.3 Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by: using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause <KPI uses fronted adverbials> | ||
| 4.1.b.1 Place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals: e.g. girls’, boys’ and in words with irregular plurals: e.g. children’s | 4.2.b.2 Draft and write by: composing and rehearsing sentences orally (including dialogue), progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures (English Appendix 2) | ||
| 4.1.b.2 Use further prefixes and understand how to add them (English Appendix 1) | 4.2.b.3 Draft and write by: organising paragraphs around a theme | 4.3.b.1 Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by: using the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense | |
| 4.1.b.3 Use further suffixes and understand how to add them (English Appendix 1) | 4.2.b.4 Draft and write by: in narratives, creating settings, characters and plot | 4.3.b.2 Form nouns using prefixes (super-, anti-) | |
| 4.1.b.4 Use the first two or three letters of a word to check its spelling in a dictionary | 4.2.b.5 Draft and write by: in non-narrative material, using simple organisational devices: e.g. as headings and sub-headings | Level - Stage 4 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation: Grammar 4.3.b.3 Use the correct form of ‘a’ or ‘an’ | |
| 4.3.b.4 Word families based on common words (solve, solution, dissolve, insoluble) | |||
| 4.1.c.1 Write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the teacher, that include words and punctuation taught so far | 4.2.c.1 Evaluate and edit by: assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements | ||
| 4.2.c.2 Evaluate and edit by: proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences | 4.3.c.1 Use of inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech; apostrophes to mark plural possession; use of commas after fronted adverbials | ||
| 4.2.c.3 Proof-read for spelling and punctuation errors | |||
| 4.2.d.1 Read aloud their own writing, to a group or the whole class, using appropriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so that the meaning is clear | |||