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National Curriculum; English; Key Stage 1; En 3 Writing

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Steer your submarine up through a tunnel and find the correct spellings as you go.

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Learning objectives/outcomes:
NLS Y1
T1, W4: To discriminate and segment all three phonemes in CVC words; T2, W3: to segment clusters in to phonemes for spelling; T3, W1: the common spelling patterns for each of the long vowel phonemes: ee, ai, ie, oa, oo; W5: to recognise words by common spelling patterns.
NC English KS1
Writing: Spelling 4b: use their knowledge of sound-symbol relationship and phonological patterns; 4c: recognise and use simple spelling patterns.
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Sequence text extracts into a recount (an everyday non-fiction story).

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Learning objectives/outcomes:
NLS Y2 T1
T4: to understand time and sequential relationships in stories, i.e. what happened when.
NLS Y2 T1
T3: to be aware of the difference between spoken and written language through comparing oral recounts with text; make use of formal elements in re-telling;
NC KS1:
En2 Reading 3b: use their knowledge of sequence and story language when they are retelling stories and predicting events; En3 Writing 1b: sequence events and recount them in appropriate detail.
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Put the text extracts of a familiar story in order.

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Learning objectives/outcomes:
NLS Y2 T1
T4: to understand time and sequential relationships in stories, i.e. what happened when; T3: to be aware of the difference between spoken and written language through comparing oral recounts with text; make use of formal elements in re-telling;
NC KS1:
En2 Reading 3b: use their knowledge of sequence and story language when they are retelling stories and predicting events; En3 Writing 1b: sequence events and recount them in appropriate detail.
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Choose the appropriate verb tenses to complete the story.

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Learning objectives/outcomes:
NLS Y3, T1, S4: To use verb tenses with increasing accuracy in speaking and writing e.g catch/caught. Use past tense consistently for narration.
Y3, T2, S11: to understand to need for grammatical agreement in speech and writing e.g I am, we are.
NC - KS1: Language structure 7b: the nature and use of nouns, verbs and pronouns.
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Learning objectives/outcomes:
NLS Y2, T3, W10: to use synonyms and other alternative words/phrases that express same or similar meanings.
Y3, T1, W17: to generate synonyms for high frequency words.
NC- KS1 & 2: Pupils should be taught to use adventurous and wide-ranging vocabulary.
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Choose the correct question word to change a statement into a question - and put a question mark at the end.

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Learning objectives/outcomes:
NLS Y2, T3
S6: To turn statements into questions, learning a range of 'wh' words typically used to open questions: what, where, when, who and to add question marks.
NC English KS1
Punctuation 3c: to use capital letters, full stops, question marks and to begin to use commas.
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