Chapter library

Chapter 1: Reading tricky words: spotting the tricky part

• Can read Year 2 tricky words such as find, door, great and could, noticing the part that sounds unusual
• Can spot the tricky part of a tricky word and say whether it is at the start, in the middle or at the end

Year 2 english

Chapter 2: Reading tricky words: silent letters and surprise sounds

• Can read Year 2 tricky words such as find, door, great and could, noticing the part that sounds unusual
• Can spot the tricky part of a tricky word and say whether it is at the start, in the middle or at the end

Year 2 english

Chapter 3: Spelling tricky words: Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check

• Can spell Year 2 tricky words using Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check

Year 2 english

Chapter 4: Spelling tricky words: word families and memory tricks

• Can spell tricky words using word families and memory tricks, like could, should and would

Year 2 english

Chapter 1: Homophones: same sound, different spelling (see/sea, be/bee, blue/blew)

• Can explain that homophones sound the same but have different spellings and meanings
• Can choose the right spelling for see/sea, be/bee, blue/blew, night/knight, sun/son, one/won and bare/bear

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Chapter 2: More homophones and new spellings: night/knight, sun/son, one/won, bare/bear

• Can explain that homophones sound the same but have different spellings and meanings
• Can choose the right spelling for see/sea, be/bee, blue/blew, night/knight, sun/son, one/won and bare/bear

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Chapter 3: Homophones to, too and two

• Can choose correctly between to, too and two in a sentence

Year 2 english

Chapter 4: Homophones there, their and they're

• Can choose correctly between there, their and they're in a sentence

Year 2 english

Chapter 5: Homophones here/hear and near-homophones quite/quiet

• Can choose between here and hear, and between the near-homophones quite and quiet

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Chapter 1: Sound out and blend: decoding new words

• Can read new words by saying each sound and blending them together

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Chapter 2: Alternative sounds: one spelling, different sounds

• Can try a different sound for a spelling when a word doesn't sound right, like ow in snow and cow

Year 2 english

Chapter 3: Longer words: reading two and three syllables

• Can read words with two or three syllables by splitting them into chunks

Year 2 english

Chapter 4: Word endings: reading words with suffixes

• Can read words with endings such as -ful, -less, -ness, -ment and -ly

Year 2 english

Chapter 5: Quick reading: familiar words without sounding out

• Can read familiar words quickly without sounding them out

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Chapter 6: Spelling by sounds: segmenting words into phonemes

• Can spell words by splitting them into sounds and writing each sound

Year 2 english

Chapter 7: New ways to spell sounds you know

• Can use new spellings for known sounds, such as dge, kn, wr, le and ey

Year 2 english

Chapter 8: Homophones: words that sound the same

• Can choose the right spelling for words that sound the same, such as sea and see

Year 2 english

Chapter 1: Silent letters: kn, gn and wr

• Can spell words that start with kn, gn and wr, like knee, gnat and write

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Chapter 2: Word endings: -le and -el

• Can choose between -le and -el at the end of words, like table and camel

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Chapter 3: Word endings: -al and -il, and choosing between all four

• Can choose between -le and -el at the end of words, like table and camel
• Can spell words ending in -al and -il, like metal and pencil

Year 2 english

Chapter 4: The -tion ending: station, motion and fiction

• Can spell words ending in -tion, like station, motion and fiction

Year 2 english

Chapter 5: New ways to spell the j and s sounds: dge, ge, g and c

• Can use dge, ge, g and c to spell the j and s sounds, like badge, huge, giraffe and city

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Chapter 6: New ways to spell known sounds: y, ey, al, wa and wor

• Can use new spellings for sounds they know, like y in fly, ey in key, al in walk, a in want and or in worm

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Chapter 7: Homophones: words that sound the same but are spelt differently

• Can choose the right spelling of words that sound the same, like see and sea, by thinking about the meaning

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Chapter 1: Hidden Words

• Can use memory tricks, like spotting 'a rat' in separate and Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check, to spell tricky words from memory

Chapter 2: Spelling Voice

• Can say words slowly in a 'spelling voice' to remember letters we don't hear, like the r in February and library

Chapter 3: Silent Letters

• Can remember the silent letters in words like island, answer, guard and knowledge

Chapter 4: Soft c

• Can use a soft c for the 's' sound before e, i or y, as in centre, circle and bicycle

Chapter 5: Double Letters

• Can spot and spell the double letters in tricky words, such as address, possess and occasion

Chapter 6: ough, augh, eigh

• Can spell words with the letter groups ough, augh and eigh, such as though, through, thought, caught and eight

Chapter 7: Root Words

• Can build long words from their root words, like actual to actually, busy to business and possess to possession

Chapter 8: ABC Order

• Can put words in ABC order using their first two or three letters, to find and check spellings in a dictionary

Chapter 9: Memory Lab

• Can use memory tricks, like spotting 'a rat' in separate and Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check, to spell tricky words from memory

Chapter 1: Prefix Bridge

• Can add prefixes such as un-, dis-, mis-, re- and in- (il-, im-, ir-) and spell the new word correctly

Chapter 2: Beat Beach

• Can hear the beat in a word and know when to double the last letter, as in beginning and gardener

Chapter 3: Suffix Workshop

• Can add -ly, -ation and -ous and follow their spelling tricks, as in happily, information and famous

Chapter 4: Shun Station

• Can choose -tion, -sion, -ssion or -cian by looking at the root word, as in invention, expression, extension and magician

Chapter 5: Detective Cove

• Can spot and spell sounds with surprise spellings, as in myth, young, school, chef and unique

Chapter 6: Homophone Harbour

• Can choose the right spelling of words that sound the same, such as peace and piece, or whose and who's

Chapter 7: Apostrophe Farm

• Can place the apostrophe correctly when there is more than one owner, as in girls', boys' and children's

Chapter 8: Tricky Word Tower

• Can spell tricky words from the Year 3 and 4 list, like February, separate and island, using tricks to remember them

Chapter 1: Echo Cave

• Can spell sounds that use unusual letters, like ou in young, y in gym, eigh in eight and ch in school

Chapter 2: Builder's Bridge

• Can add prefixes like un, dis, mis, re and im to a word without changing the word's spelling

Chapter 3: Suffix Lab

• Can add ly, ous, ation and ing using the rules, like changing y to i or doubling a letter

Chapter 4: Twin Town

• Can choose the right homophone by thinking about what it means, like hear and here

Chapter 5: Treasure Tower

• Can spell must-know words by finding the tricky part and using a memory trick

Chapter 1: Double letters: accommodate, embarrass and committee

• Can spell list words with double letters, such as accommodate, embarrass and committee

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 2: Silent letters: muscle, rhythm, yacht and more

• Can spell list words with silent letters, such as muscle, rhythm and yacht

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 3: Morphology: roots, prefixes and suffixes in word families

• Can use roots, prefixes and suffixes to spell long words, and spot letters that change when parts join

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 4: Etymology: Greek, Latin and French word origins

• Can use where a word comes from, such as Greek, Latin or French, to help spell it

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 5: Words to learn specially: hidden vowels, ie or ei, and memory tricks

• Can spell words that must be learnt specially, using a spelling voice, memory tricks and look, say, cover, write, check

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 1: Listening carefully to rhymes and songs

• Can listen carefully to rhymes and songs, and say what they heard

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Chapter 2: Rhyming words: hearing words that sound alike

• Can hear when two words rhyme, like cat and hat

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Chapter 3: New words in rhymes and finishing the rhyme

• Can learn new words from rhymes and say what they mean, like pail meaning bucket
• Can say the missing rhyming word at the end of a line in a rhyme they know

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Chapter 4: Learning rhymes and songs by heart to join in

• Can learn a whole rhyme by heart and join in with it

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Chapter 1: Rhyming words: hearing words that sound the same at the end

• Can finish a line of a rhyme or poem with a word that rhymes
• Can hear and pick out words that rhyme, like cat and hat

Year 1 english

Chapter 2: Rhythm in rhymes and poems: clapping the beat

• Can clap the beats in words and clap along to the beat of a rhyme

Year 1 english

Chapter 3: Predictable phrases: spotting words that come again and joining in

• Can spot the words that come again in a story or poem, and join in with them

Year 1 english

Chapter 4: Joining in with predictable phrases in stories: the Gingerbread Man

• Can spot the words that come again in a story or poem, and join in with them

Year 1 english

Chapter 5: Learning a rhyme by heart and reciting it

• Can say a short nursery rhyme by heart, with the lines in the right order

Year 1 english

Chapter 1: Literal and figurative language: what words really mean

• Can tell when words mean exactly what they say and when they paint a word picture, and say what a word picture really means

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 2: Similes: comparing two things with like or as

• Can spot similes that compare two different things using like or as, and explain what they show

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 3: Metaphors: saying one thing is another

• Can spot metaphors that say one thing is another, and explain what they suggest

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 4: Personification: giving things human actions and feelings

• Can spot personification, where things are given human actions or feelings, and explain what it makes us picture

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 5: Effect on the reader: how figurative language makes us see and feel

• Can explain what figurative language makes the reader picture and feel, and say which word pictures work best

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 6: Discussing and evaluating figurative language in a story

• Can explain what figurative language makes the reader picture and feel, and say which word pictures work best
• Can spot metaphors that say one thing is another, and explain what they suggest
• Can spot personification, where things are given human actions or feelings, and explain what it makes us picture

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 1: Planning a talk: purpose, listener and a beginning, middle and end

• Can choose the purpose of a talk, think about who is listening, and plan it with a beginning, middle and end

Years 1–6 english

Chapter 2: Clear descriptions and explanations: precise detail, steps in order and because

• Can give clear descriptions with precise detail, and explanations in order using words like first, next, because and so

Years 1–6 english

Chapter 3: Telling stories and sharing feelings: opening, problem, ending and why you felt it

• Can tell a story with a beginning, a problem and an ending, and share a feeling by saying what they felt and why

Years 1–6 english

Chapter 4: Speaking audibly and fluently: volume, pace, pauses and fewer ums

• Can speak audibly and fluently by choosing the right volume for the room, keeping a steady pace, pausing in the right places and using fewer ums

Years 1–6 english

Chapter 5: Speaking in Standard English: we were, I did and I saw

• Can use Standard English when speaking, such as we were instead of we was and I did instead of I done, in any accent

Years 1–6 english

Chapter 6: Keeping your listener's interest: hooks, a lively voice and watching your audience

• Can gain, keep and check a listener's interest: hooking them at the start, using a lively voice and eye contact, and spotting when they drift off

Years 1–6 english