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England National Curriculum · Year 4 · English · Writing

4 curriculum codes

English

Writing

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Pupils should be taught to:
plan their writing by:
discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar
discussing and recording ideas
draft and write by:
composing and rehearsing sentences orally (including dialogue), progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures English appendix 2
organising paragraphs around a theme
in narratives, creating settings, characters and plot
in non-narrative material, using simple organisational devices [for example, headings and sub-headings]
evaluate and edit by:
assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements
proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences
proofread for spelling and punctuation errors
read their own writing aloud to a group or the whole class, using appropriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so that the meaning is clear

91 resources

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Pupils should be taught to:
use the diagonal and horizontal strokes that are needed to join letters and understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined
increase the legibility, consistency and quality of their handwriting, [for example, by ensuring that the downstrokes of letters are parallel and equidistant, and that lines of writing are spaced sufficiently so that the ascenders and descenders of letters do not touch]

6 resources

Clear Letters, Clear Lines - Year 2 Australian Handwriting Unit

$4.99

Comfortable Writing Stamina – Year 2 Handwriting Unit

$4.99

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

$4.99

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

$17.99

Narrative Storytelling Unit — Foundation-Year 2 English

$4.99

Representation: Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

$4.99

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Pupils should be taught to:
use further prefixes and suffixes and understand how to add them - see English appendix 1
spell further homophones
spell words that are often misspelt - see English appendix 1
place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals [for example, girls’, boys’] and in words with irregular plurals [for example, children’s]
use the first 2 or 3 letters of a word to check its spelling in a dictionary
write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the teacher, that include words and punctuation taught so far

48 resources

Affixes, Morphemes & Word Origins Years 2–6 Bundle

$17.99

Bases Keep Words Connected - Year 2

$4.99

Blending and Segmenting Year 3

$4.99

Blending and Segmenting — Year 2

$4.99

Choose the Word, Check the Meaning - Year 3

$4.99

Contractions Unit - Year 3

$4.99

Dreaming Soldiers Book Study English Unit - Years 3-4

$4.99

Every Sound in the Blend - Year 3

$4.99

Exclamation Marks Year 3 Unit

$4.99

Fabulous Affixes Year 2

$4.99

Foundation to Year 2 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

$29.99

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

$34.99

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

$59.99

Frequent Words, Careful Spelling - Year 3

$4.99

Hairy Maclary Book Study Unit

$4.99

Knuffle Bunny Book Study English Unit – Foundation–Year 2

$4.99

Lost and Found Book Study F–2

$4.99

Multisyllabic Words – Year 3

$4.99

Possum Magic Book Study Unit – Foundation to Year 2

$4.99

Prefixes and Suffixes Year 3

$4.99

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

$4.99

Short Vowels, Strong Endings - Year 3

$4.99

Silent Letters Year 2 Unit

$4.99

Spelling Changes with a Reason | Year 2

$4.99

Spoon Book Study – Foundation–Year 2

$4.99

Suffix Decisions that Work - Year 3

$4.99

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

$4.99

The Great Rabbit Chase Book Study

$4.99

The Shopping Basket Book Study

$4.99

The Wall in the Middle Book Study

$4.99

Three Book Study Unit - Foundation to Year 2

$4.99

Tilly Book Study Unit - Foundation to Year 2

$4.99

Tricky Words in Word Families - Year 2

$4.99

Unpack a Longer Word - Year 3

$4.99

Word Families Across a Text - Year 3

$4.99

Year 2 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

$19.99

Year 2 Morphemes Unit

$4.99

Year 2 Set 01 Decodable Readers - Year 2 launch review of the cumulative code

$0.00

Year 2 Set 02 Decodable Readers - ph as f, ch as k or sh, and wh as h

$3.99

Year 2 Set 03 Decodable Readers - kn, wr, gn, mb and selected silent l and w

$3.99

Year 2 Set 04 Decodable Readers - Less common spellings for the ai and ee sounds

$3.99

Year 2 Set 05 Decodable Readers - Less common vowel spellings, including oe, ou and ough

$3.99

Year 2 Set 06 Decodable Readers - The prefixes dis-, mis-, pre- and the suffix -ment

$3.99

Year 2 Set 07 Decodable Readers - Sustained cumulative reading and fluency

$3.99

Year 2 Set 08 Decodable Readers - Final transfer and targeted revision

$3.99

Year 3 Comma Usage Unit

$4.99

Year 3 Homophones Unit

$4.99

Year 3 Phonics, Spelling & Word Study Unit Bundle

$9.99

UK-LKS2-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:
extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including: when, if, because, although
using the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense
choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition
using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause
using fronted adverbials
learning the grammar for years 3 and 4 in [English appendix 2]/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/335190/English_Appendix_2_-_Vocabulary_grammar_and_punctuation.pdf)
indicate grammatical and other features by:
using commas after fronted adverbials
indicating possession by using the possessive apostrophe with plural nouns
using and punctuating direct speech
use and understand the grammatical terminology in English appendix 2 accurately and appropriately when discussing their writing and reading

73 resources