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English // Reading Comprehension

Ask and answer questions about key details in literary and informational texts; make simple inferences based on what characters say and do

English // Reading Comprehension

Check that text makes sense while reading and self-correct inaccurate reading by re-reading or using context

English // Reading Comprehension

Identify front cover, back cover, and title page of a book; identify the reasons an author gives to support points in informational text

English // Reading Comprehension

Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories; identify similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic

English // Reading Comprehension

Link what is read or heard to own experiences; draw on background knowledge and vocabulary to support understanding of texts

English // Reading Comprehension

Participate in discussions about what is read, taking turns and listening to others; explain understanding clearly; actively engage in group reading activities

English // Reading Comprehension

Recognise common types of texts (storybooks, poems, non-fiction); name the author and illustrator and define the role of each in telling or presenting a text

English // Reading Comprehension

Describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear; use pictures to support and extend comprehension

English // Speaking & Listening

Listen and respond appropriately to adults and peers; follow agreed-upon rules for discussion such as listening to others and taking turns speaking

English // Speaking & Listening

Use spoken language to develop understanding through speculating, hypothesising, imagining, and exploring ideas; use strategies to build vocabulary through talk

English // Speaking & Listening

Participate actively in collaborative conversations staying on topic; continue a conversation through multiple exchanges; maintain attention in discussions

English // Speaking & Listening

Describe familiar people, places, things, and events with detail; speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly; give well-structured…

English // Speaking & Listening

Articulate and justify answers, arguments, and opinions; participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, and debates

English // Speaking & Listening

Ask relevant questions to extend understanding; ask and answer questions to seek help, get information, or clarify something not understood

English // Spelling & Word Study

Segment spoken words into phonemes and spell CVC and simple phonetically regular words by writing a letter or letters for each sound

English // Spelling & Word Study

Know and use the vocabulary of phonics and word structure — phoneme, grapheme, GPC (grapheme-phoneme correspondence), blend, segment, digraph, CVC, vowel…

English // Spelling & Word Study

Spell words with common suffixes (-s/-es for plurals and third person verbs, -ing, -ed, -er, -est) where no change to the root word is needed

English // Spelling & Word Study

Spell words using the prefix un- to change meaning; understand that un- creates opposites or reverses actions

English // Spelling & Word Study

Spell common exception words from memory that do not follow regular phonic patterns, including the days of the week

English // Spelling & Word Study

Write simple sentences from memory when dictated by the teacher, applying taught GPCs, spelling rules, and common exception words

English // Vocabulary

Ask and answer questions about unknown words in texts; discuss word meanings and link new vocabulary to words already known

English // Vocabulary

Sort common objects and words into categories to understand how concepts relate; demonstrate understanding of opposites (antonyms) for common verbs and…

English // Vocabulary

Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing similar actions and among adjectives differing in intensity; make real-life connections between words and…

English // Vocabulary

Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, being read to, and responding to texts in own speech and writing