- uses short-term memory to recall sentences, anecdotes, poems, songs, rhymes etc.
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- identifies and manipulates sounds in the various positions within a word
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- relates a story in response to a set of pictures or in relation to an event which took place recently
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- uses language to express him/herself adequately to interact with others
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- understands the concept of ‘past actions’
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- reads, without hesitation, a further extended list of high frequency and irregular words
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- identifies and reads the more complex word patterns
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- has developed awareness of teh silent words ‘b’, ‘k’, ‘h’
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- uses knowledge of the alphabet sequence for the different contexts eg. Dictionary, directory, class lists
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- appreciates that different kinds of information can be acquired through reading
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- understands the implications of comparative and superlative adjectives
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- forms confidently the plural of the different word endings and irregular words
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- reads and writes out verbs in the past tense and has awareness of the sounds ‘ed’ in its different environments
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- writes / responds to basic questions
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- transforms and extends simple sentences to complex and compound sentences
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- spells correctly core sets of more advanced irregular words, and knows how to tackle unfamiliar words
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- shows comprehension of paragraphs via short written answers
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- reads and comprehends basic rubrics and instructions
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- writes a short paragraph / short story
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- appreciates the role of punctuation both when reading sentences and paragraphs
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- identifies the ‘bits’ which have been added on to the root word
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- reads and understands unfamiliar reading books, of average class level, without making more than 5 errors
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- understands and elaborates on what has been read in books aimed at the average 7 year-old
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