Pupil outcome: I can name and write captions for people who help us in the community. Key learning points: - A noun is a naming word, such as a "dentist" - A noun is a person, place or thing - If a noun has a specific name of someone or...

Pupil outcome: I can practise colons, semi-colons, hyphens and bullet points test questions. Key learning points: - A colon has two functions - it can introduce a list or an explanation. A dash can also introduce an explanation. - A...

Pupil outcome: I can use a semi-colon to join two closely-related main clauses. Key learning points: - A semi-colon is a piece of punctuation with more than one purpose. - A semi-colon can be used to join two closely-related main...

Pupil outcome: I can spell words using the suffix -sion. Key learning points: - Words ending in the suffix -sion are nouns. - The suffix -sion sometimes makes the sound /zhun/ like ‘division’. - Words spelt with -sion often have a root...

Pupil outcome: I can make a plan for writing about how the Great Fire of London spread and stopped. Key learning points: - The fire spread quickly because the weather was dry, hot and windy. - There was no fire brigade so Londoners used...

Pupil outcome: I can read part of a traditional tale. Key learning points: - Proper nouns have capital letters and can involve more decoding skills than understanding skills. - Sounding out using phonics strategies is our most helpful...

Pupil outcome: I can join two ideas together when describing Jack. Key learning points: - Adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality, such as 'small, sneaky Jack' - When using two adjectives, a comma is...

Pupil outcome: I can retrieve answers from the text. Key learning points: - Summarising what we have read can help us to remember and understand a story better. - Skimming and scanning using your finger is a way to retrieve information...

Pupil outcome: I can edit my own and my peer's persuasive letters. Key learning points: - Editing is the process of making changes to improve our writing. - Editing can be done by oneself, with a peer or with a teacher. - When editing...

Pupil outcome: I can edit the opening and build-up of a narrative in 'Whale Rider'. Key learning points: - Editing is the process of making changes to improve our writing. - To edit punctuation, missing or incorrectly used capital...

Pupil outcome: I can write correctly punctuated dialogue in legible, cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - Direct speech is signalled to the reader in text by inverted commas. - Direct speech can be written in a speech first...

Pupil outcome: I can define and identify a noun. Key learning points: - Nouns are words that name people, places or things. - Common nouns do not need capital letters. - Proper nouns need capital letters.

Pupil outcome: I can correctly form capital letters and write the days of the week. Key learning points: - Capital letters are used for proper nouns - Days of the week start with a capital letter as they are proper nouns - Capital...

Pupil outcome: I can identify the difference between singular and plural common nouns. Key learning points: - Common nouns can be singular or plural. - The spelling of a common noun changes if it is plural. - A plural common noun is not...

Pupil outcome: I can spell words with the 'ay' sound using 'a', 'eigh' or 'ey'. Key learning points: - Common spellings for the 'ay' phoneme are 'ay', 'a-e' and 'ai'. - Alternative and rare spellings for the 'ay' phoneme are 'a', 'eigh'...

Pupil outcome: I can write sections of a journalistic report, using the correct punctuation, in legible, cursive handwriting. Key learning points: - Journalistic reports use formal language, are usually written in the third person and...

Pupil outcome: I can edit a section of narrative writing based on 'The Borrowers'. Key learning points: - Editing is the process of making changes to improve writing. - The job of an editor is to check punctuation and to make...

Pupil outcome: I can correctly use capital letters and cursive handwriting when writing proper nouns. Key learning points: - Proper nouns name specific people, places and things. - After forming a capital letter, you need to lift your...

Pupil outcome: I can accurately punctuate a speech first, speech second or speech interrupted sentence. Key learning points: - Direct speech is the term used for a character speaking out loud in a text. - Inverted commas are the...

Pupil outcome: I can write a detailed paragraph about the life of King Tut. Key learning points: - A subheading signals to the reader what the section is about. - A section about one feature of the report's subject contains specific...

Pupil outcome: I can make purposeful edits to the first two sections of a non-chronological report about the Portia spider. Key learning points: - Editing is the process of making changes to improve our writing. - When editing...

Pupil outcome: I can form the capital letters C, G, O, Q, M, N, W and V. Key learning points: - Capital letters are used at the beginning of a sentence, for proper nouns and for the pronoun I. - Capital letters sit between the baseline...

Pupil outcome: I can describe a setting using a range of adjectives. Key learning points: - Senses help us to experience and describe the setting, in this case, London - The five senses are sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste -...

Pupil outcome: I can write a postcard from Paddington’s perspective, including a list of places and his feelings. Key learning points: - A postcard is written to someone when you are away somewhere, in this case Paddington in London. -...