Early Level: 0.3 Literacy

Outcome / Experience / Assessment
Handwriting / Capital letters:
No lid on I or J
Capitals start at the top of the line.
Capitals never join.
Full stops, sentences, word spacing and letter space.
Punctuation and Grammar / Vocabulary
-cvc words
-Phonic attempts at words
Punctuation
-Using full stop and question mark
-Finger spaces between works
-Letters sit next to each other in the same word
-Write first name correctly
Phonics and Spelling
Phonics and Spelling / Argyll and Bute Phonics
Block 7
-sh, ch, th, wh, oo, ee
Block 8
-ss, ll, ff, gg
Block 9
-bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl
Block 10
-br, cr, dr, gr, pr
Block 11
-st, sn, sm, sp, sc, sk
Block 12
-squ, sw, tw
Find words that rhyme.
Find syllables.
Tongue twisters.
Alliteration games.
Change rhymes – new endings.
Start a word book.
Understand the alphabet and alphabetical order.
Note taking.
Try to spell words on their own.
Letter names.
Match objects to initial sounds.
Identify capitals and lower case letters.
Put capitals and lower case letters in pairs.
Logographic features of words.
Use phonics to read new words.
Sight vocabulary – Oxford Reading Tree and contexts for learning.
Sound hunts.
Use of Nessy programme.
Phonics 5 Wall.
Creating Texts / Can differentiate between different letters/numbers/symbols.
Can copy over/under a model.
Can show some control over size, shape, and orientation in writing.
Can produce a range of recognisable letters.
Begins to make phonics attempts at words.
Can form most letters correctly.
Writes simple regular words.
Can say what writing says and means.
Is aware of different purposes of writing using real life contexts:
  1. imaginary
  2. functional
  3. personal
  4. poetry
Can use a simple word book.
Can use the openers – The I My
Can use the connectives – and, but, because
Can use ‘wow’ words in their writing.
Can use a capital letter and a full stop.
Understands that a sentence may not stop at the end of the line.
Can check their work against the success criteria set.
Can take notes.
Can create and use planning sheets.
Can create texts such as posters using colour, graphics and ICT.
Reading and Comprehension / Can recognise own first and second name.
Can use knowledge of words to read a simple sentence.
Skim and scan.
Cloze procedure.
Paired reading.
Can recognise capital letter and full stop within the text.
Can use blending and segmentation for decoding unfamiliar words.
Can read some non-phonetic words using sight vocabulary.
Can express an opinion on a book, adverts.
Can identify and use some Scots word and text.
Can identify some sources of information using a variety of non-fiction- Greetings card, letters, lists, time tables, recipes, newspapers.
Takes note of punctuation when reading.
Knows the difference between letter, word, sentence, chapter.
Can read charts and significant words in context.
Can use word lists, story starters, clues from the wall.
Read for a range of purposes.
Listening and Talking / Role play, small world play, drama, creating characters.
Sequencing
Types of voice – partner, class, group, playground.
News telling.
Circle Time
Cooperative learning activities.
Research tasks.
Turn-taking, 1-1, groups.
Can link own experiences in discussions.
Group work, games, discussions.
Visitors, visits in/out.
Photographs, pictures, plays, Nativities and assemblies.
Topic word banks – wow words.
Using a dictionary.
Learning using new vocabulary in new contexts.
Asking questions (Bloom’s Taxonomy) – audience awareness.
Opinions and feelings
Can use information to make choices – eg charts
Share books and charts.
Can discuss routine - Golden Time, lunch.
Print in the environment.
Following instructions.
Homework Challenges.
Interdisciplinary learning and new contexts for learning.
Parent/carer visits in – sharing information with them.
Active learning activities.
Children as experts – peer teaching.
Recounting experiences.
Prediction
Listening programmes:
  1. Sounds
  2. ICT
  3. Recorded stories
DVDs
Reading groups, listening, understanding text, characters and storyline.
Talking Assessments.