Year 1 GPS Skills

Grammar, punctuation and spelling

Year 1

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Say, and hold in memory whilst writing, simple sentences which make sense. 1.1 Separate words with spaces. 1.3 Use capital letter for the personal pronoun I. 1.5 Make singular nouns plural using ‘s’ and ‘es’ e.g. dog, dogs; wish, wishes. 1.10

Use punctuation to demarcate simple sentences (capital letters and full stops). 1.4

Grammar, punctuation and spelling

Year 1

Spring 1

Spring 2

Write simple sentences that can be read by themselves and others. 1.2 Sequencing sentences to form short narratives 1.13

Use capital letters for names of people, places and days of the week. 1.6

Grammar, punctuation and spelling

Year 1

Summer 1

Summer 2

Identify and use question marks and exclamation marks. 1.7 Use the joining word and to link words and clauses. 1.8 Add suffixes to verbs where no spelling change is needed to the root word e.g. helping, helped, helper. 1.11

Use capital letters for names of people, places and days of the week. 1.6 Extend range of joining words to link words and clauses using but and or. 1.9 Add the prefix ‘un’ to verbs and adjectives to change the meaning e.g. untie, unkind. 1.12