International British School of Zagreb
Handwriting | · Correct posture and pencil grip
· Form capital and lower case letters correctly · Form digits from 0 – 9 correctly · Start including ‘flicks/tails’ in lower case letters · Start with joined up writing
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Reading | Words
· Continue with ‘Jolly Phonics’ programme · Apply phonic knowledge and skills when decoding words · Read accurately by blending sounds in unfamiliar words · Read common exception words · Read words with: -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er and –est endings · Read words with contractions (eg. I’m, I’ll, we’ll) and understand that the apostrophe represents omitted letters · Re-read books to build up fluency and confidence in reading
Comprehension · Listen to and discuss a wide range of poems, stories and non-fiction texts beyond their level · Be able to link what they read or hear to their own experiences · Become very familiar with key stories, fairy tales and traditional tales · Learn to recite rhymes and poems by heart · Understand books they can read and those that are read to them · Make inferences about texts based on what has been read · Predict what might happen next · Explain their understanding of what they read or what is read to them · Complete cloze text comprehensions independently · Start answering questions in full sentences
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Writing – Transcription
Writing – Composition
Writing – Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
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Spell:
· Words containing each of the 40+ phonemes taught · Common exception words · Days of the week
Alphabet: · Name the letters of the alphabet in order · Use letter names to distinguish between alternative spellings of the same sound
Add prefixes and suffixes: · Know whether to add –s or –es for plurals · Use the prefix –un correctly · Use –ing, -ed, -er, and –est where the root word does not change (eg. helping, helped, helper)
Write simple sentences that are dictated.
· Write sentences · Sequence sentences to form short narratives · Use capital letters and full stops to punctuate sentences · Write a simple story with a beginning, middle and end · Know what paragraphs are and start using them in their stories · Re-read what they have written to see if it makes sense · Discuss what they have written with others
· Leave spaces between words · Join words and clauses using simple connectives (eg. ‘and’) · Use capital letters for proper nouns · Begin to use adjectives in writing |
Please note:
A revision pack covering work done during the term will be sent home at the end of every term. You are strongly advised to get your child to spend 10 – 15 minutes a day on this during the holidays. Those children who spend a small amount of time each day on revision will make far greater progress than those who do not do any revision during the holidays.