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Year 1
Spellings, Reading, News/Story Writing
Rigby Star Red Level
Handwriting - Nelson Book 4
Group Discussions
Nelson Fiction/Non-Fiction Unit 1-3
Phonics - short vowel sounds and blends

Nelson - 4-6
Phonics - Blends
Group discussions
Reading
Spelling
Story Writing
Handwriting Book 5
Rigby Star Yellow Level

Nelson - 7-9
Blends -
Group discussions
Reading
Spelling
Story Writing
Handwriting Book 6
Rigby Star Yellow/Blue Level
Year 2
Reading - Individual/group
News/Story
Creative Writing
Descriptive Writing
Rigby Star Orange/Turquoise Level
Handwriting - revision
Letter formation and patterns to prepare for joining and begin joining
Phonics
Spelling patterns
Capital letters/full stops
Nelson Fiction/Non-Fiction Unit 1-3

Reading - Individual/paired
News/Story
Creative Writing/Descriptive writing
Rigby Star Purple and Gold Level
Handwriting - fully Cursive Writing
Phonics
Poems
Commas/Speech Marks
Nelson Fiction/Non-Fiction Units 4-6

Reading - individual/paired
News/story
Looking at characters
Prepare Story Structure
Rigby Star White / Star Plus Level
Handwriting - Cursive Writing
Phonics
Spelling common irregular words
Knowledge of story elements
Book Reviews
Nelson Fiction/Non-Fiction Units 7-9
Year 3
Comprehension using fiction and non-fiction
texts. Nelson English
Units 1- 4
Grammar verbs, adjectives, nouns, past tense, synonyms
Spelling prefixes, letter
patterns, -ing
Punctuation, question marks, commas.
Writing settings, poems
playscripts, fairy tales.
Reading practice daily.
Handwriting practice: Nelson Book 1

Comprehension using
fiction and non-fiction
texts. Nelson English
Units 5 – 8
Grammar collective nouns, adjectives
Spelling revision of above, suffixes, silent
letters, contractions
Punctuation revision of
above including poetry
Writing plot, characters,
Structure, own poems
Literature myths, fables.
Reading practice daily
Handwriting practice: Nelson Book 1

Comprehension using
fiction and non fiction
texts. Nelson English
Units 9 – 12
Grammar pronouns, noun verb agreement
Spelling revision of above, pluralisation of
nouns, rhyming patterns
Punctuation revision
Writing 1st - 3rd person
accounts, book reviews
and blurbs, limericks
Literature adventure stories, humorous poetry
Reading practice daily
Year 4
Nelson English 2 Units 1-4.
Comprehension - using fiction and non-fiction texts. Grammar - verbs and adverbs. Spelling/punctuation
Syllables, word families tenses. Basic sentence punctuation. Punctuation in poetry.
Creative writing - stages of a story. Character sketches, settings, scene of a play, poetry. Handwriting Practice: Nelson 2.
Literature novels read to class. 'A Christmas Carol'
Reading practice daily.

Nelson English 2 Units 5-8 Grammar: adjectives, adjectival phrases. Spelling/Punctuation phrases, clauses, conjunctions, apostrophes. Plurals, word endings. Prefixes, suffixes.
Creative: planning and creating a children's book.
Handwriting: Nelson 2.
Reading practice daily

Comprehension
Nelson English 2 Units 9-12
Grammar adverbs, single, plural nouns. Verbs-verb families. Adjectives. Spellings/Punctuation - adverbs, conjunctions. Reordering and modifying words - statements/questions. Revision of all basic punctuation. Root words - word families.
Creative: Story writing. Literature: The Sheep-Pig - D.K. Smith
Year 5
Comprehension -
Using Developing Comprehension & Nelson Fiction and Non-Fiction 3
Units 1 - 4
Language Skills
Idioms, speech - reported and direct, prefixes and suffixes, tenses, synonyms, adverbs, verbs.
Spelling and spelling skills, 8-15 words differentiated based on letter patterns.
Reports, instructions, stories with dialogue, playscripts.
Handwriting Nelson Book 3 Literature Set text Charlotte's Web - E. B. White.

Units 5-8
Comprehension Using Nelson English Fiction and Non-Fiction Units 5-8.
Grammar Language Skills - Antonyms, eponyms, figures of speech, onomatopoeia, clauses and commas, metaphors, similies, pronouns and nouns.
Spelling and spelling skills weekly lists of words based on language structures.
Writing: reports, explanations, myths and fables, ballads, narrative poetry and set text.
Literature Kensuke's Kingdom - Michael Morpurgo

Units 9-12
Comprehension building skills from previous terms.
Language Skills
Thesaurus/Dictionary skills, acronyms, dialect, adjectives and adverbs, pronouns, word classes, prepositions, apostrophes, commas, conjuctions, clauses and prepositions.
Spellings, Spelling Skill and weekly list of words.
Creative writing: reports, researching and delivering talks.
Editing and improving writing.
Formal and informal letters. Constructing an argument. Advertisements. Writing in different styles. Literature and set texts -
Poetry - 100 Best Poems for Children; Extract from classic literature and comparing it with film version
Year 6
Comprehension - using fiction and non fiction texts. Nelson English Units 1 - 4 and additional texts.
Grammar revise main word classes
Spelling/Punctuation suffixes, prefixes, plurals, patterns able ible etc
Creative Writing longer more developed stories. Planning.
Literature Set text When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - J. Kerr

To continue to work on the above.
Nelson English Units 5 - 8
Comprehension more difficult and varied texts. Inference and deduction.
Spelling conventions
Creative writing using a variety of stimuli and contexts.
Literature set text Carrie's War N Bawden

Nelson English Units 9
- 12 Building on the previous terms with a particular emphasis on poetry

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