Writing Year 1

Pupils will be able to:

• spell words containing each of the 40+ phonemes already taught

• show some accurate use of –ing –ed –er –est where no change is needed in the spelling of root words for example: helping, helped, helper

• begin to form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place

• sequence sentences to form short narratives

• re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense

• leave spaces between words

• use joining words and joining clauses using ‘and '

• punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark

• using a capital letter for names of people, places, the days of the week

• capital letter for the personal pronoun ‘I’

Pupils will be able to:

• link sequences together with increasing fluency to form a short narrative

• re-read writing independently and makes appropriate revisions so that the word choice is the most effective

• consistently punctuate sentences correctly

• capitalise proper nouns consistently and accurately