The individual sounds are called 'phonemes' and the way they look when they are written down (the letter or groups of letters that we use to spell the sound) are called 'graphemes'.
Conjunctions
Conjunctions are words that join ideas together. We use them to link two phrases in a sentence.
Punctuation for primary
We'll start with the basics which kids are exposed to in reception and year 1, and then move on through the years to the trickier elements that children are expected to tackle towards the end of primary school.
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Prefixes are groups of letters that we add to the start of a word to make a new word.
Plurals
Your child's first encounter with plurals will come as an introduction to the concept of there being one of something, or more than one of something. This comes with the associated word difference, and for most words we just add an 's' to the end.
Key skills for English literacy in Y1
In Year 1 English, children begin their journey of learning how to communicate clearly through the written word. Their literacy lessons start to become a little more structured and desk-based as they work on handwriting and spelling.
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Key skills for English literacy in Y1
In Year 1 English, children begin their journey of learning how to communicate clearly through the written word. Their literacy lessons start to become a little more structured and desk-based as they work on handwriting and spelling.
All about suffixes
A suffix is a letter or group of letters that can be added to the end of a word to change its meaning and make a new word.
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