English (Handwriting, Phonics and Reading)
Year 1 writing objectives
Within English lessons the children will develop skills in the following areas:
SPEAKING AND LISTENING: The children will take part in a wide range of activities including 'role play', 'story time', 'poetry recital', and 'class discussions' as well as activities incorporated in other curriculum areas.
READING: We will be studying fairytales, traditional tales and nursery rhymes including titles, events, predictions and understanding. We will also study poems and non-fiction texts. The children will read individually, as a group and as a whole class each week.
WRITING: The children will be developing their handwriting skills, learning to spell words in everyday use and concentrating on writing stories and poems independently.
PHONICS: The children will continue to take part in daily phonics sessions using the RML phonics scheme.
Additional Learning Packs
Below you can find lots of concepts you can practise at home. Remember to use the educational websites tab (link up above) to see some great videos and activities to support your learning.
Practise writing golden sentences.
Can you write a question?
Can you use an exclamation mark!
Do you know when to use your capital letters?
Can you spell your common exception words correctly and use them in sentences?
Can you spell your phonics words correctly? Sound them out. Look for the sound family and see if you can choose the correct spelling.
Use conjunctions in your sentences
Sequence events of stories using the words first, next, then, after that and finally.
Write sentences using plurals.
Remember plural means more than one.
Use the suffixes -ing -ed -er and -est where no change is needed to the root word.
Practise using the prefix -un before a root word to change its meaning.
Remember -un means not.
Can you write sentences using nouns, adjectives and verbs?
Plan and write short stories that have a beginning, middle and end.
What is the main idea?
Who are the characters?
What is the setting? Where does the story happen?
Practise your compound words.
