(from NC 2014)
Year 5
Spoken Language / T1 / T2 / T3 / T4 / T5 / T6
Pupils should be taught to
- select and use appropriate registers for effective communication
- participate in debates
Reading
Word Reading / T1 / T2 / T3 / T4 / T5 / T6
Pupils should be taught to
- apply their knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes to understand the meaning of new words that they meet
Comprehension / T1 / T2 / T3 / T4 / T5 / T6
Pupils should be taught to:
- read and discuss a wide range of fiction
•read and discuss a wide range of poetry
•read and discuss a wide range of plays
- read and discuss a wide range of non-fiction
- read and discuss a wide range of reference books
- read books that are structured in different ways
- increase familiarity with myths
- increase familiarity with legends
- increase familiarity with traditional stories
- recommend books to their peers
- justify recommendations to their peers
- make comparisons within and across books
- learn four poems by heart
- prepare poems to read aloud and to perform
- prepare plays to read aloud and perform
- check that the book makes sense to them
- ask questions to improve their understanding of texts
- explore the meaning of unfamiliar words in context
- draw inferences about characters’ feelings based on their actions
- draw inferences about characters’ thoughts based on their actions
- draw inferences about characters’ motives based on their actions
- predict what might happen based on details stated
- summarise the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph
- discuss how authors use language (including figurative language) to have an impact on the reader
- distinguish between statements of fact and opinion
- retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction
Writing
Transcription / T1 / T2 / T3 / T4 / T5 / T6
Spelling
Pupils should be taught to
- spell words ending in cious
- spell words ending in tious
- spell words ending cial
- spell words ending tial
- spell words ending in ant
- spell words ending in ance
- spell words ending in ancy
- spell words ending in ent
- spell words ending in ence
- spell words ending in ency
- spell words ending in able
- spell words ending in ible
- spell words ending in ably
- spell words ending in ibly
- spell words including hyphens
- I before e except after c
- to use a thesaurus
- use the first three or four letters of a word to find it in a dictionary
Handwriting
Pupils should be taught to
- write legibly
- write fluently
- write with consistent joined handwriting
- write with increasing speed
- choose the writing implement that is best suited to the task
Composition
Pupils should be taught to
- plan by identifying the audience for which they are writing
- identify the purpose for which they are writing
- select the appropriate form of writing
- note and develop initial ideas
- research information in order to prepare for writing
- use a range of devices to build cohesion within paragraphs
- use a range of devices to build cohesion across paragraphs
- use a range of sentence structures
- select appropriate vocabulary to enhance the meaning
- précis longer passages
- propose changes to vocabulary in their own and others’ writing to enhance meaning
- propose changes to punctuation to enhance effects .
- ensure the consistent and correct use of tense throughout a piece of writing
- ensure correct subject and verb agreement when using singular and plural
- proofread for spelling and punctuation errors
Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation
Pupils should be taught to
- convert nouns into verbs by adding suffixes
- convert adjectives into verbs by adding suffixes
- write relative clauses beginning with who
- write relative clauses beginning with which
- write relative clauses beginning with where
- write relative clauses beginning with when
- write relative clauses beginning with whose
- write relative clauses beginning with that
- write relative clauses with an omitted relative pronoun
- indicate degrees of possibility using adverbs
- indicate degrees of possibility using modal verbs
- link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time
- link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of place
- use brackets correctly
- to use dashes correctly
- use subjunctive forms of verbs
- to use commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity