Literacy
Target
By the end of Year R
I will understand the following terms:
 Finger spaces
 Letters
 Words
 Sentences
 Full stops
 Capital letters
 Similes – ‘like’
Literacy
Target
By the end of Year 1
I will understand the following terms:
 Capital Letter / Full Stop
 Question mark
 Exclamation mark
 Singular/ plural
 Speech bubble
 Bullet points
 Adjective
 Verbs
 Connective
 Alliteration
 Simile – ‘as’
Literacy
Target
By the end of Year 2
I will understand the following terms:
 Adjective, Noun, Verb
 Apostrophes
 Commas
 Connectives
 Inverted commas (speech marks)
 Adverb
 Noun Phrase
 Statement
 Exclamation
 Question
 Command
 Tense (past, present, future)
 Generalisers
 Suffix
Literacy
Target
By the end of Year 3
I will understand the following terms:
 Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
 Conjunction / Connective
 Direct speech
 Inverted commas
 Preposition
 Prefix / Suffix
 Consonant / Vowel
 Clause
 Subordinate clause
 Colon for instructions
 Determiner
 Relative clause
 Relative pronoun
 Imperative
 Synonyms
Literacy
Target
By the end of Year 4
I will understand the following terms:
 Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
 Direct / indirect speech
 Preposition
 Prefix / Suffix
 Clause / Subordinate clause
 Determiner
 Pronoun
 Possessive pronoun
 Adverbial
 Fronted adverbial
 Apostrophe – plural possession
 Alliteration
 Relative pronoun
 Imperative
 Synonyms
Literacy
Target
By the end of Year 5
I will understand the following terms:
 Clause/Subordinate clause
 Adverbial
 Pronoun – relative/possessive
 Apostrophe - possession/contraction
 Determiner
 Alliteration
 Relative clause/pronoun
 Modal verb
 Parenthesis
 Ambiguity/Cohesion
 Synonyms
 Metaphor
 Personification
 Onomatopoeia
 Rhetorical question
Literacy
Target
By the end of Year 6
I will understand the following terms:
 Clause – subordinate & relative
 Adverbial
 Alliteration
 Parenthesis
 Ambiguity/Cohesion
 Ellipsis
 Personification
 Onomatopoeia
 Rhetorical question
 Synonym, antonym
 Metaphor
 Active and passive voice
 Subject and object
 Hyphen
 Colon/semi-colon