Year 1

What the national curriculum

requires in writing at Year 1

Writing - transcription

• 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, quicker, quickest]

• apply simple spelling rules and guidance, as listed in Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum
• write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include words using the GPCs and common exception words taught so far.

Handwriting

• 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’ (i.e. letters that are formed in similar ways) and to practise these.

Writing - composition

• write sentences by:

• • saying out loud what they are going to write about
  • composing a sentence orally before writing it
  • sequencing sentences to form short narratives
  • re-reading what they have written to check that it makes sense

• discuss what they have written with the teacher or other pupils
• read aloud their writing clearly enough to be heard by their peers and the teacher.
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• develop their understanding of the concepts set out in Appendix 2 of the National Curriculum by:

• • leaving spaces between words
  • joining words and joining clauses using and
  • beginning to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark
  • using a capital letter for names of people, places, the days of the week, and the personal pronoun ‘I’
  • learning the grammar for year 1 in English Appendix 2

• use the grammatical terminology in English Appendix 2 in discussing their writing.