Your 5 to 6 year-old child in
Year 1: English
What should your child be doing in school?
All children in state schools will take part in a daily literacy hour focussing on reading, writing and communication skills.
In Year 1, your child is expected to learn how to speak confidently and fluently, taking into account what is relevant to the person or people she is speaking to. Usefully for parents, he will also be encouraged to listen to what others have to say(!), expand his concentration span, remember things that might be important to him and ask questions if he doesn't understand something.
Year 1 is also the crucial year in which most children really start to read and write.
What should your child be able to do?
By the end of the year, your child will be expected to know how to:
- Break down common words into their component sounds (sound out) in order to read and spell them.
- read familiar common words (e.g only, going, don't, once, would)
- read and spell simple words ending in -ck, -ff, -ll, -ss, -ng (e.g lock, stuff)
- recognise spelling patterns with long vowel sounds 'oo', 'ai', 'ie', 'oa', 'ee' (e.g boat, book) and use them to read and spell.
- understand the terms vowel and consonant
- write independently
- understand if his reading makes sense
- read simple familiar texts aloud with expression
- understand basic word order in a sentence
- add question marks to questions
- compare oral and written stories and know the difference
- retell stories, picking out key points
- read a variety of poems and contrast them and talk about common themes
- write simple stories and poems (often based on something read in class)
- recognise the difference between non-fiction books and fiction
- identify simple questions and use texts to find the answers
For details on how you can help your child, including online learning activities, click
here.
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