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am learning to .

Be curious about words and what they mean . Use many everyday words. Use some topic words about different subjects.

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am learning to .

Use appropriate words found in easy. reading texts and knows what they mean. Name some basic parts of a computer. Ask questions to find what an unfamiliar word means.

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am learning to .

Begin to use more words to describe what happens everyday. Begin to use topic words when talking and writing. Identify words I dont know and tries to work out what it means from what they know.

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am learning to .

Understand the meaning of frequently

used words in texts and shows this understanding when writing and speaking. Begin to understand word families and

demonstrates this understanding when reading and writing. Use the background of the text as well as

the sentence structure to work out an unknown word

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am learning to .

Use my existing understanding of theme words when reading, writing and speaking. Correctly use a variety of basic computer and internet language, eg icon, bold, italics, home page. Show my understanding that some words have more than one meaning when reading, writing and speaking. Understand that when words are changed within a text, it can affect the meaning

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am learning to .

Show my ability to use exact vocabulary to discuss and express feelings and experiences when speaking and writing. Begin to show my understanding of different words and phrases effect on the audience eg to create humour, to persuade, to inform.

Write new words from a known word by changing or adding beginning or endings e.g. move, moving, remove.

Use words in the classroom to improve understanding of word meaning , e.g. topic words, wall charts, labels, etc by myself.

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am learning to .

Understand the meaning of everyday words in more challenging texts and show how I use this knowledge when reading, writing and speaking. Understand word play by using alliteration and onomatopoeia. Use my knowledge about word families and word origins to understand the meaning of unfamiliar words, e.g. rhyming words, synonyms, base words.

Use a simple dictionary to check the meaning of a word .

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am learning to .

Use words and phrases for effect, e.g. to create images, to add emphasis, to create atmosphere. Draw on topic or content knowledge to assist in working out the meaning of unknown words. Understand the vocabulary associated with electronic texts.

Recognise that different words can be used to describe similar concepts, e.g. every day or technical language, synonyms.

Improve my vocabulary choices in response to purpose and audience when reviewing and editing writing.

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am learning to .

Use synonyms for a range of common words. Use simple content specific vocabulary in appropriate ways when creating texts. Use the vocabulary associated with digital technology and electronic texts.

Understand how prefixes and suffixes change word meanings.

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am learning to .

Show my understanding that words can have different meanings in different contexts. Demonstrate expanded content vocabulary by drawing on a combination of known and new topic knowledge. Show awareness that there are a number of ways to work out the meaning of unknown words.

Find the meaning of unknown/unfamiliar words in reference sources, e.g. dictionaries, thesauruses.

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am learning to .

Make effective word choices in response to purpose and audience when creating texts. Demonstrate my understanding of new words for new concepts. Apply knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to understand the meanings of new words and to create new words.

Refine my vocabulary choice in response to purpose and audience when editing and reviewing own and peer's writing.

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am learning to .

Use new words for known concepts, e.g. blissful for happy. Increase my use of appropriate content vocabulary when creating spoken and written texts about specific topics. Accurately use the vocabulary associated with digital technology and electronic texts. Draw on knowledge of word origins to work out meaning of new words.