Reception
I can hear and write some
letter sounds
Reception
I can have a go at writing and tell
someone what I have written.
I can say what I want to write and
use letter sounds to help me write it.
I can sometimes write my ideas in a
sentence with a capital letter and
full stop.
Year 1
We are practising speaking and writing sentences
I can say my sentence before and when
I am writing it.
I can write sentences which sometimes
begin with a capital letter and end with
a full stop.
I can write sentences which always
start with a capital letter and end with
a full stop.
Year 2
We are practising writing and punctuating sentences.
I can write sentences that make sense and I
use a capital letter and full stop correctly.
I can write sentences using conjunctions (and,
but, or) to join ideas and punctuate my
sentences correctly with full stops, capital
letters or question marks.
I can write sentences using conjunctions (and,
but, or, because) to join ideas and punctuate my
sentences correctly with full stops, capital
letters, speech marks, ? or ! while I am writing.
Year 3
We are practising writing and punctuating sentences.
I can write sentences using conjunctions (and, but, or) to join
ideas and punctuate my sentences correctly with full stops,
capital letters or question marks.
I can write sentences using conjunctions (and, but, or, because,
when, while) to join ideas and can vary the start of my
sentences by using adverbial phrases. I punctuate my sentences
correctly with full stops, capital letters, speech marks, ? or ! as
I am writing.
I can write sentences using conjunctions (and, but, or, because,
if, although, when, while, after, until, before, since) to join ideas
and can use adverbial phrases to vary my sentences. I punctuate
at least ½ of my sentences correctly with full stops, capital
letters, ?, ! and speech marks.
Year 4
We are practising writing and punctuating sentences.
I can write sentences using conjunctions (and, but, or, because,
when, while) to join ideas and can vary the start of my sentences by
using adverbial phrases. I punctuate my sentences correctly with
full stops, capital letters, speech marks, ? or ! as I am writing.
I can write sentences using conjunctions (and, but, or, because, if,
although, when, while, after, until, before, since) to join ideas. I can
vary my sentences by using adverbial phrases and I sometimes use
relative clauses (who, which, that, whose, whom). I punctuate at
least half of my sentences correctly with full stops, capital letters,
?, ! , commas and speech marks as I am writing.
I use a range of conjunctions, adverbial phrases and relative
clauses to join ideas in my sentences and I punctuate at least ¾ of
my sentences correctly with full stops, capital letters, ?, !, commas
and speech marks as I am writing.
Year 5
We are practising writing and punctuating sentences.
I can write sentences using conjunctions (and, but, or, because, since,
so, until, before, when, while, since, although) confidently and I can
punctuate at least 50% of my sentences correctly with full stops,
capital letters, speech marks, ? or ! as I am writing.
I can write sentences using a wide range of subordinating
conjunctions (because, although, since, if, as, after, before, when
etc). I use adverbial phrases to add detail for the reader and
sometimes use non-finite clauses to start a sentence. I punctuate at
least 75% of my sentences correctly, as I am writing, with capital
letters, full stops, ?, !, speech marks and commas to separate clauses.
I can write using complex sentences (including non-finite clauses)
confidently and investigate how I can manipulate sentences to create
different effects. I punctuate at least 90% of my sentences
correctly with capital letters, full stops, ?, !, speech marks and
commas to separate clauses.
Year 6
We are practising writing and punctuating sentences.
I can write sentences using a wide range of subordinating
conjunctions (because, although, since, if, as, after, before, when etc)
and sometimes use non-finite clauses to start a sentence. I punctuate
at least 75% of my sentences correctly, as I am writing, with capital
letters, full stops, ?, !, speech marks and commas to separate clauses.
I can write using complex sentences (including non-finite clauses)
confidently and investigate how I can manipulate sentence structures
to create different effects, including the use of the adverbial
phrase. I punctuate at least 90% of my sentences correctly with
capital letters, full stops, ?, !, speech marks and use commas to
separate clauses.
I select and use a wide variety of sentence constructions to suit the
purpose for my writing and the effect I want to create. I use a wide
range of punctuation correctly and to create effects, as I am writing.