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Primary Frameworks

Main Site for National Stategies

Primary Strategy

Literacy Subject Area for the Primary Strategy

icon national standards for subject leaders

Primary Literacy Framework Units:
icon difficulties in literacy y1 and 2
icon pri_lit_plan_guide_y1_08[1]
icon year_1_additional_text-based_units_unit_1_a_day_in_the_life_of_an_rspca_inspector[1]
icon year_1_additional_text-based_units_unit_2_the_story_of_jake_and_bones[1]
icon year_1_narrative_unit_1_stories_with_familiar_settings[1]
icon year_1_narrative_unit_2_stories_from_a_range_of_cultures_predictable_patterned_language[1]
icon year_1_narrative_unit_3_traditional_and_fairy_stories[1]
icon year_1_narrative_unit_4_stories_about_fantasy_worlds[1]
icon year_1_non-fiction_unit_1_labels,_lists_and_captions[1]
icon year_1_non-fiction_unit_2_instructions_(persuasion)[1]
icon year_1_non-fiction_unit_3_recount,_dictionary[1]
icon year_1_non-fiction_unit_4_information_texts[1]
icon year_1_non-fiction_unit_5_recount_(fact_and_fiction)[1]
icon year_1_poetry_-_unit_1[1]
icon year_1_poetry_unit_2[1]
icon year_1_poetry_unit_3[1]
icon year_3_narrative_unit_1_stories_with_familiar_settings[1]
icon year_3_narrative_unit_2_myths,_legends,_fables,_traditional_tales[1]
icon year_3_narrative_unit_3_adventure_and_mystery[1]
icon year_3_narrative_unit_4_authors_and_letters[1] 
icon year_3_narrative_unit_5_dialogue_and_plays[1]
icon year_3_non-fiction_unit_1 _reports[1]
icon year_3_non-fiction_unit_2_instructions[1]
icon year_3_non-fiction_unit_3_information_texts[1]
icon year_3_poetry_unit_1_poems_to_perform[1]
icon year_3_poetry_unit_3_language_play[1]
icon year_5_6_transition_unit_-_persuasion[1]
icon year_5_narrative_unit_1_novels_and_stories_by_significant_children's_authors[1]
icon year_5_narrative_unit_2_traditional_stories,_fables,_myths,_legends[1]
icon year_5_narrative_unit_3_stories_from_other_cultures[1]
icon year_5_narrative_unit_4_older_literature[1]
icon year_5_narrative_unit_5_film_narrative[1]
icon year_5_narrative_unit_6_dramatic_conventions[1]
icon year_5_non-fiction_unit_1_instructions[1]
icon year_5_non-fiction_unit_2_recount[1]
icon year_5_non-fiction_unit_3_-_persuasive_writing[1]
icon year_5_poetry_unit_1_-_poetic_style[1]
icon year_5_poetry_unit_3_-_choral_and_performance[1]
icon year_6_literacy_revision_unit_1_reading_and_writing_narrative[1]
icon year_6_literacy_revision_unit_2_reading_and_writing_non-fiction[1]
icon year_6_literacy_revision_unit_3_reading_poetry[1]
icon year_6_narrative_unit_1_fiction_genres[1]
icon year_6_narrative_unit_2_extending_narrative[1]
icon year_6_narrative_unit_3_authors_and_texts[1]
icon year_6_narrative_unit_4_short_stories_with_flashbacks[1]
icon year_6_non-fiction_unit_1_biography_and_autobiography[1] 
icon year_6_non-fiction_unit_2_journalistic_writing[1]
icon year_6_non-fiction_unit_3_argument[1]
icon year_6_non-fiction_unit_4_formal_impersonal_writing[1]
icon year_6_poetry_unit_1_the_power_of_imagery[1]
icon year_6_poetry_unit_2_finding_a_voice[1]  

Primary Resources 

 icon the reading pack updated version
icon english guide for parents
icon maths guide for parents

Text Types Progression:
icon prog_discussion_texts
icon prog_explanatory_texts
icon prog_information_texts
icon prog_instructional_texts
icon prog_narrative
icon prog_non-chron_report
icon prog_persuasion
icon prog_recount
icon foundation and key stage 1 progression through all strands

Progression in Strands (end of year objectives):-
icon progression in strand 1
icon progression in strand 2
icon progression in strand 3
icon progression in strand 4
icon progression in strand 5
icon progression in strand 6
icon progression in strand 7
icon progression in strand 8
icon progression in strand 9
icon progression in strand 10
icon progression in strand 11
icon progression in strand 12
Pupil Writing Targets for strands 7,8,9,10 and 11)
icon progression in strands 7 and 8
icon progression in strand 9
icon progression in strand 10
icon progression in strand 11

These moving image texts have been used as a quick and engaging way to revise different text types in preparation for SATS.  You can access the short animations and some suggested activities for use with them:-

icon ghost story comp 1_1
icon hoverbike_320x240
icon ghost story all
icon the_hoverbike_tasks[1]

These documents can be reduced to A5 and make a handy booklet for parents:-

icon let's read parents' guide
icon letters and sounds parents guide




 Wordswork I think I'll sing a song - Literacy problems for Key Stage 1, 2 and 3. There are now 21 Wordswork Resources.
 

FLS (Further Literacy Support) material is available as Promethean Flipcharts or Powerpoints.
This is part of the Promethean Lighthouse http://tlfl.org.uk/promethean

Teacher Primary Literacy Resources

Boys and Literacy A presentation about the performance of boys in Literacy in Key Stage 1 and 2. Please note you need the latest version of Flash to read this. Please note you need Flash to read these (you probably have). Click on the logo to open a new window. To get back to this page close the window.Get Flash

 

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Year 2 pupils from St. Joseph's Primary have been blogging! Click here to read their writing about going on a bear hunt in the style of Michael Rosen. If you would like to give your pupils the opportunity to publish their writing on the internet try the Funfiction blog with them! Visit http://funfiction.edublogs.org