Year 4 English
Reading
Autumn Term
In the autumn term Year 4 children will:
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have a reading age of 9 years
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read new words by looking for root words, prefixes and suffixes
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use a dictionary to check the meaning of words we meeting in our reading
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retrieve and record information from fiction texts
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summarise the main ideas from more than one paragraph
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ask and answer questions about the text we are reading
Spring Term
In the spring term Year 4 children will:
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have a reading age of 9 years and 5 months
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use spelling knowledge to help decode new words
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explain the meaning of words in context
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retrieve and record information from non-fiction texts
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discuss what we know about a character's thoughts and feelings from their actions
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make predictions about what might happen next based on the evidence in the text
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identify and discuss words which make the reader interested
Summer Term
In the summer term Year 4 children will:
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have a reading age of 9 years and 10 months
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retrieve and record information from poetry
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use evidence from the texts to support our opinions about a character's thoughts and feelings
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Identify and discuss phrases which make the reader interested
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Discuss how the organisation of texts contributes to meaning
Writing
Autumn Term
In the Autumn Term Year 4 children learn:
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write using a legible and joined style
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create a plan which supports the structure of an independent piece of writing
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create direct speech which is correctly punctuated internally
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embellish simple sentences to describe settings
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create a sentence of three for action
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create a more complex sentence through the use of 'ing' staters
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create compound sentences and complex sentences using basic subordinating conjunctions within a text
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develop writing through use of a viewpoint
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use comparative and superlative adjectives to create noun phrases
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create a more complex sentence through the use of 'ed' starters
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extend noun phrases with the use of prepositions
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organise paragraph through the use of correctly punctuated simple adverbials
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include devices which draw the reader in
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proof read writing for spelling and punctuation errors linked to the Autumn Term curriculum
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evaluate and edit work by assessing the effectiveness of own writing
Spring Term
In the Spring Term Year 4 children learn:
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use a range of present tense forms to develop shades of meaning
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choose vocabulary which consideration for the audience
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use direct speech to show character
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choose vocabulary which signals fact or opinion
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choose modal verbs - should, would, could, to develop shades of meaning
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follow topic sentences by including the appropriate choice of pronoun or noun to aid cohesion in subsequent sentences
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evaluate and edit effectiveness of own and others writing and suggests improvements
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use a range of past tense forms to develop shade of meaning
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use a range of prepositional phrases to express time. cause and place
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use direct speech to move the action forward
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choose short or long sentences to create an effect
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create a range of adverb and adverbial starters for time and manner and punctuates them correctly
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use brackets for parenthesis in non-fiction writing
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proof read writing for spelling and punctuation errors linked to the Spring Term curriculum
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evaluate and edit work by making changes to vocabulary and grammar linked to the Spring Curriculum
Summer Term
In the Summer Term Year 4 children learn:
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drop 'ing' clauses into sentences
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describe character, setting or action by creating simile starters which are punctuated correctly
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make paragraph changes due to person, time, place and topic
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repeat vocabulary to create effect
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embellish simple sentences with adjectives, adverbs and prepositional phrases
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use wide range of tense forms to develop shades of meaning
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use a variety of adverbial starters to link between paragraphs
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proof read writing for spelling and punctuation errors linked to the Year 4 curriculum
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evaluate and edit work by making changes to grammar and vocabulary linked to Year 4 curriculum
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
Autumn Term
In the Autumn Term Year 4 children will:
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to write from memory simple sentences, dictated by teacher, which include the spelling and punctuation taught so far
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to use the first 3/4 letters of a word to check its spellings in a dictionary
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to spell words ending in -'sure' or -'ture'; to recognise where sound is made by a root word which ends in a 'ch' with an 'er' ending
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to spell words which end in a 'g' spelt -'gue' and 'k' spelt -'que'
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to choose the correct spelling for given homophones depending on context
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to identify a proper noun in a sentence and to select words which should be proper nouns
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to identify a noun phrase in a sentence; to use modifying adjectives, nouns and prepositional phrase to create non phrases
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to understand what pronouns are; to identify pronouns in a sentence
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to identify prepositions and adverbs and their purpose
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to spell words where the 'long a' sound is made using -'ey' -'ei' and -'eigh' and to recognise which is the most likely for an unfamiliar word
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to understand the meaning of the prefixes -'il', -'im', -'in', -'ir' nd to select the correct prefix according to the initial letter of the root word
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to add suffixes beginning with vowel to words of more than one syllable
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to spell the Autumn Term list of 'Words We Need To Know'
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to identify and write the four sentence types and to punctuate them correctly
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to identify where commas are used to make fronted adverbials; to add a comma to mark a fronted adverbial into a give sentence
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to punctuate direct speech correctly
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to identify verbs in the past tense and to recognise how different past tense forms are formed
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to understand what makes a clause; to identify subordinating conjunctions and to identify a subordinate clause in a sentence
Spring Term
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to write from memory simple sentences, dictated by teacher, which include the spelling and punctuation taught so far
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to add the suffix -'ation' to verbs to form nouns, changing the spelling of the root word if necessary
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to spell words which contain a 'g' followed by a silent 'u'
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to place the apostrophe correctly after both regular and irregular plural forms (distinct from plural 's')
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to understand what a possessive apostrophe is; to add apostrophe to mark both singular and plural possession
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to identify where an apostrophe is used for contraction and can expand the contraction out; to write contractions from given words
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to identify determiners and their purpose
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to understand what modal verbs are and identify them in a sentence
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to understand the meaning of the prefixes 'sub-' 'inter-' 'super-' 'anti-' and 'auto-'; to spell words which use these prefixes
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to spell word which sound like 'shun' with endings '-tion', '-sion' '-ssion', '-cian; to recognise which is the most appropriate ending for unfamiliar words
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to spell the Spring Term list of Words We Need To Know
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to identify imperative verb form; to use a imperative verb to change a statement into a command
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to use commas accurately to mark clauses at the beginning of a sentence
Summer Term
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to write from memory simple sentences, dictated by teacher, which include the spelling and punctuation taught so far
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to spell words with a 's' sound spelt 'sc'
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to choose the correct spelling for given homophones depending on context
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to identify where nouns are singular or plural; to recognise irregular plural forms
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to identify where pronouns have used to avoid repetition or ambiguity
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to identify where Standard english is used for verb inflictions
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to use Standard English for verb inflictions
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to identify synonyms for simple adjectives
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to spell words using the suffix '-ous' and understand how it changes the function of a word
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to spell words which contain the prefixes: '-'un' 'dis-' 're-' and understands how they change the meaning of the word
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to change nouns to adverbs by adding the '-ly' suffix and to understand that the spelling of the root word might change
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to spell the entire list of Year 4 'Words We Need To Know'
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to identify simple, progressive and perfect present/ past tense in sentences
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to punctuate direct speech accurately
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to identify relative pronouns and the relative clause in a sentence