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4 curriculum codes

English

Writing

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Pupils should be taught to:
develop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing by:
writing narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real and fictional)
writing about real events
writing poetry
writing for different purposes
consider what they are going to write before beginning by:
planning or saying out loud what they are going to write about
writing down ideas and/or key words, including new vocabulary
encapsulating what they want to say, sentence by sentence
make simple additions, revisions and corrections to their own writing by:
evaluating their writing with the teacher and other pupils
rereading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form
proofreading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation (for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly)
read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear

52 resources

A Bag and a Bird Book Study – Foundation-Year 2

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Ask, Listen and Work Together - Year 1

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Bear-Themed Book Study Bundle | Foundation–Year 1

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Book Week Primary Celebration Bundle | Foundation–Year 6

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Celebrating Book Week Unit — Foundation to Year 2

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Change One Thing, Tell a New Story – Year 1

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Context: Place, Time and Culture - Foundation-Year 2 English Unit

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Digger Book Study Unit | Years 1–2

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Excellent Editing - Year 1

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Excellent Editing – Year 1 Unit Plan

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Foundation–Year 2 Animal Story Book Studies | 14 English Units Bundle

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Foundation–Year 2 B Year Literature Concepts | 6 English Units Bundle

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Foundation–Year 2 Picture Book Studies | 24 English Units Bundle

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Hairy Maclary Book Study Unit

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How to Catch a Star Book Study (F–2)

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Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Unit Plan

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Knuffle Bunny Book Study English Unit – Foundation–Year 2

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Listen, Link and Keep Talking - Year 1

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Lost and Found Book Study F–2

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Narrative Storytelling Unit — Foundation-Year 2 English

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Narrative Writing & Retelling F-2 Unit

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Narrative Writing Year 1 Unit

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Perspective and Argument Unit – Foundation–Year 2

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Perspective and Argument Unit — Foundation to Year 2

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Persuasive Writing Progression Bundle | Years 1–6

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Possum Magic Book Study Unit – Foundation to Year 2

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Procedural Texts Year 1 Unit

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Recounts Year 1

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Representation: Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

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Ripper Rhymes Year 1 Poetry Unit

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Rosie’s Walk Book Study | Foundation–Year 2 English

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Simple Sentences - Year 1

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Simple Sentences Unit – Year 1

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Speaking and Listening — Year 1

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Spoon Book Study – Foundation–Year 2

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Tell It, Act It, Retell It - Year 1

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The Good Egg Book Study | Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

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The Great Rabbit Chase Book Study

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The Very Cranky Bear Unit - Year 1

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The Wall in the Middle Book Study

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Three Book Study Unit - Foundation to Year 2

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Tilly Book Study Unit - Foundation to Year 2

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Types of Texts - Year 1 Unit

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Year 1 Descriptive Writing Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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Year 1 Editing Resource Variety Pack | 2 English Units

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Year 1 Grammar, Punctuation & Editing | 10 English Units Bundle

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Year 1 Informative Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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Year 1 Oral Presentations Unit | Speaking and Listening Worksheets, Activities, Assessment & Rubric

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Year 1 Persuasive Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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Year 1 Rhyme Variety Pack | 2 English Units

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Year 1 Simple Sentences Variety Pack | 2 English Units

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Year 1 Summarising Unit

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UK-KS1-Y2-ENG-W-T-H — opens in a new tab

Pupils should be taught to:
form lower-case letters of the correct size relative to one another
start using some of the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join letters and understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined
write capital letters and digits of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another and to lower-case letters
use spacing between words that reflects the size of the letters

65 resources

Blending Blitz Year 1 Phonics Unit

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Context: Place, Time and Culture - Foundation-Year 2 English Unit

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CVCC Words – Year 1 Unit

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Decoding Detectives Year 1

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Digraphs Roll and Spin Phonics Board Game QLD Font

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Excellent Editing - Year 1

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Excellent Editing – Year 1 Unit Plan

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Foundation to Year 2 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

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Foundation–Year 2 Animal Story Book Studies | 14 English Units Bundle

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Foundation–Year 2 B Year Literature Concepts | 6 English Units Bundle

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Foundation–Year 2 Picture Book Studies | 24 English Units Bundle

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Hairy Maclary Book Study Unit

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Handwriting for Everyday Messages - Year 1

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Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Unit Plan

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Knuffle Bunny Book Study English Unit – Foundation–Year 2

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Lost and Found Book Study F–2

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Narrative Storytelling Unit — Foundation-Year 2 English

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Narrative Writing Year 1 Unit

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Perspective and Argument Unit – Foundation–Year 2

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Persuasive Writing Progression Bundle | Years 1–6

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Possum Magic Book Study Unit – Foundation to Year 2

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Recounts Year 1

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Representation: Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

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Ripper Rhymes Year 1 Poetry Unit

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Rosie’s Walk Book Study | Foundation–Year 2 English

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Same Letter Different Sound Unit – Year 1

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Segmenting Sensation – Year 1

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Simple Sentences - Year 1

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Simple Sentences Unit – Year 1

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Spoon Book Study – Foundation–Year 2

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The Good Egg Book Study | Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

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The Great Rabbit Chase Book Study

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The Shopping Basket Book Study

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The Wall in the Middle Book Study

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Three Book Study Unit - Foundation to Year 2

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Tilly Book Study Unit - Foundation to Year 2

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Year 1 Capitals and Lower-Case Handwriting Unit

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Year 1 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

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Year 1 Descriptive Writing Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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Year 1 Editing Resource Variety Pack | 2 English Units

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Year 1 Grammar, Punctuation & Editing | 10 English Units Bundle

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Year 1 Informative Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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Year 1 Letter Formation and Handwriting Unit

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Year 1 Persuasive Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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Year 1 Rhyme Variety Pack | 2 English Units

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Year 1 Set 01 Decodable Readers - Long ee spellings: ea, final e and review of ee

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Year 1 Set 03 Decodable Readers - Long oa spellings: oa, ow in snow and final o

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Year 1 Set 04 Decodable Readers - igh, ie in tie, final y and the pronoun I

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Year 1 Set 05 Decodable Readers - a-e, i-e and selected doubled consonants

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Year 1 Set 06 Decodable Readers - o-e, e-e and the two u-e readings

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Year 1 Set 07 Decodable Readers - ue and ew, with o in do and to

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Year 1 Set 08 Decodable Readers - u in put and ou in could

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Year 1 Set 09 Decodable Readers - ou and ow as in cow

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Year 1 Set 12 Decodable Readers - Stressed er, ir and ur, with weak final er

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Year 1 Set 14 Decodable Readers - air, are in care and ear in bear

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Year 1 Set 15 Decodable Readers - ear in hear, eer and ere in here

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Year 1 Set 16 Decodable Readers - c and ce as s, with g as j in selected words

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Year 1 Set 18 Decodable Readers - tch and final y and ey for ee

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Year 1 Set 20 Decodable Readers - Weak vowels and schwa in longer words

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Year 1 Set 21 Decodable Readers - Final le, el and al, with n before pronounced g

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Year 1 Set 22 Decodable Readers - Long vowels in open syllables and internal y

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Year 1 Set 23 Decodable Readers - Short e in head, friend, said, says, any and many

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Year 1 Set 24 Decodable Readers - o, o-e and ou for the sound in son

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Year 1 Set 25 Decodable Readers - a after w or qu, and broad a spellings

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Year 1 Simple Sentences Variety Pack | 2 English Units

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UK-KS1-Y2-ENG-W-T-S — opens in a new tab

Pupils should be taught to:
spell by:
segmenting spoken words into phonemes and representing these by graphemes, spelling many correctly
learning new ways of spelling phonemes for which 1 or more spellings are already known, and learn some words with each spelling, including a few common homophones
learning to spell common exception words
learning to spell more words with contracted forms
learning the possessive apostrophe (singular) [for example, the girl’s book]
distinguishing between homophones and near-homophones
add suffixes to spell longer words including –ment, –ness, –ful,
–less, –ly
apply spelling rules and guidance, as listed in English appendix 1
write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include words using the GPCs, common exception words and punctuation taught so far

47 resources

Blending Blitz Year 1 Phonics Unit

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CCVC Words Unit Plan – Year 1

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CCVC Words Year 1 Unit

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Consonant Blends Year 1 Unit

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Consonant Digraphs Year 1

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Consonant Digraphs Year 1 Unit Plan

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CVCC Words Year 1 Phonics Unit

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CVCC Words – Year 1 Unit

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Decoding Detectives Year 1

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Digraphs Roll and Spin Phonics Board Game QLD Font

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Fluent Words in Real Writing - Year 1 English Unit

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Foundation to Year 2 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

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Growing Our Useful Word Bank - Year 1

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Look-Alike Words, Different Jobs - Year 1 English Unit

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Phoneme Replacement Year 1 Unit

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Same Letter Different Sound Unit – Year 1

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Segmenting Sensation – Year 1

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Year 1 CCVCC Words Unit

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Year 1 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

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Year 1 Set 01 Decodable Readers - Long ee spellings: ea, final e and review of ee

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Year 1 Set 02 Decodable Readers - ai and review of ay

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Year 1 Set 03 Decodable Readers - Long oa spellings: oa, ow in snow and final o

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Year 1 Set 04 Decodable Readers - igh, ie in tie, final y and the pronoun I

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Year 1 Set 05 Decodable Readers - a-e, i-e and selected doubled consonants

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Year 1 Set 06 Decodable Readers - o-e, e-e and the two u-e readings

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Year 1 Set 07 Decodable Readers - ue and ew, with o in do and to

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Year 1 Set 08 Decodable Readers - u in put and ou in could

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Year 1 Set 09 Decodable Readers - ou and ow as in cow

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Year 1 Set 10 Decodable Readers - The oi and oy spellings

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Year 1 Set 11 Decodable Readers - ar, or and ore

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Year 1 Set 12 Decodable Readers - Stressed er, ir and ur, with weak final er

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Year 1 Set 13 Decodable Readers - aw, au, al in talk and a before ll

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Year 1 Set 14 Decodable Readers - air, are in care and ear in bear

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Year 1 Set 15 Decodable Readers - ear in hear, eer and ere in here

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Year 1 Set 16 Decodable Readers - c and ce as s, with g as j in selected words

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Year 1 Set 17 Decodable Readers - Final ge, dge and ve

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Year 1 Set 18 Decodable Readers - tch and final y and ey for ee

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Year 1 Set 19 Decodable Readers - Inflections: -es, -ed, -ing, -er and -est

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Year 1 Set 20 Decodable Readers - Weak vowels and schwa in longer words

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Year 1 Set 21 Decodable Readers - Final le, el and al, with n before pronounced g

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Year 1 Set 22 Decodable Readers - Long vowels in open syllables and internal y

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Year 1 Set 23 Decodable Readers - Short e in head, friend, said, says, any and many

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Year 1 Set 24 Decodable Readers - o, o-e and ou for the sound in son

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Year 1 Set 25 Decodable Readers - a after w or qu, and broad a spellings

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Year 1 Set 26 Decodable Readers - Dropping e, doubling consonants and changing y to i

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Year 1 Set 27 Decodable Readers - un-, re-, -ful, -less, -ness, -ly and simple contractions

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Year 1 Set 28 Decodable Readers - Year 1 cumulative application and revision

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UK-KS1-Y2-ENG-W-V — opens in a new tab

Pupils should be taught to:
develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English appendix 2 by:
learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly - see English appendix 2, including full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks, commas for lists and apostrophes for contracted forms and the possessive (singular)
learn how to use:
sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command
expanded noun phrases to describe and specify [for example, the blue butterfly]
the present and past tenses correctly and consistently, including the progressive form
subordination (using when, if, that, or because) and co-ordination (using or, and, or but)
the grammar for year 2 in English appendix 2
some features of written Standard English
use and understand the grammatical terminology in English appendix 2 in discussing their writing

39 resources

Adjectives & Adjective Groups Years 1–5 English Unit Bundle

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Adverb Adventures Year 1 Unit

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CCVC Words Unit Plan – Year 1

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Common Nouns Year 1 Unit

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Common Nouns – Year 1 Unit Plan

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CVCC Words – Year 1 Unit

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Excellent Editing - Year 1

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Excellent Editing – Year 1 Unit Plan

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Foundation to Year 2 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

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Foundation–Year 2 Animal Story Book Studies | 14 English Units Bundle

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Foundation–Year 2 B Year Literature Concepts | 6 English Units Bundle

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Foundation–Year 2 Picture Book Studies | 24 English Units Bundle

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Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Unit Plan

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Narrative Storytelling Unit — Foundation-Year 2 English

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Narrative Writing Year 1 Unit

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Perspective and Argument Unit – Foundation–Year 2

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Persuasive Writing Progression Bundle | Years 1–6

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Recounts Year 1

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Representation: Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

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Ripper Rhymes Year 1 Poetry Unit

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Simple Sentences - Year 1

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Simple Sentences Unit – Year 1

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Spoon Book Study – Foundation–Year 2

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The Good Egg Book Study | Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

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Three Book Study Unit - Foundation to Year 2

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Year 1 Adjectives Unit

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Year 1 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

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Year 1 Descriptive Writing Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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Year 1 Editing Resource Variety Pack | 2 English Units

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Year 1 Grammar, Punctuation & Editing | 10 English Units Bundle

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Year 1 Informative Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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Year 1 Persuasive Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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Year 1 Punctuation Unit Plan

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Year 1 Rhyme Variety Pack | 2 English Units

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Year 1 Set 19 Decodable Readers - Inflections: -es, -ed, -ing, -er and -est

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Year 1 Set 26 Decodable Readers - Dropping e, doubling consonants and changing y to i

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Year 1 Set 27 Decodable Readers - un-, re-, -ful, -less, -ness, -ly and simple contractions

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Year 1 Simple Sentences Variety Pack | 2 English Units

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Year 1 Verbs Unit

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