Year 1 writing moderations

Examples of work ‘at’ age related expectation.

Evidence of level: using punctuation (full stops, capital letters), spaces, capital letters, phonics, plurals, logical sense.

Evidence of level: capital letters and full stops; adjectives, high frequency words spelt correctly as well as consonant-vowel-consonant. Next steps: consistent use of capital letters and full stops

Evidence of level: full stops, capital letters, handwriting, high frequency words.

Next steps: extending sentences and using more punctuation. Writing extended pieces.

Evidence of level: high frequency words, capital letters, full stops.

Next steps: adjectives, exclamation marks, extended sentences

Evidence of level: spaces between words, punctuation, joins clauses, logical statements

Examples of work expected to be above age related expectations by end of the year:

Evidence: consistent punctuation, handwriting, spelling of high frequency words, finger spaces, easy to read, using describing words.

Next steps: read own work for sense, use a variety of clauses to join sentences

Evidence: punctuation generally good and uses exclamation marks, full stops and capital letters; good vocabulary.

Next steps: work on spelling and be consistent in full stops and capital letters.