Year 4

• Use my knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes to read out loud and to understand the meaning of new words.
• Recognise exceptions to spelling rules and I understand that some words are not spelt the way they sound.
• Listen to and discussed fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books.
• Read books with different structures and books that were written for a range of purposes.
• Use a dictionary to check the meaning of words that I have read.
• Read fairy stories, myths and legends and can tell other people about them.
• Recognise themes and conventions in different books.
• Read poems and play scripts out loud, using intonation, tone, volume and actions effectively.
• Discuss interesting words and phrases used in books.
• Recognise different poetic forms.
• Discuss my understanding of books and explain the meaning of words in context.
• Ask questions to improve my understanding of a text.
• Interpret characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions and back this up with evidence from the text.
• Predict what might happen in a story based on what the writer says and suggests.
• Identify and summarise the main ideas from several paragraphs of a text.
• Identify how language, structure and presentation affect meaning.
• Discriminate and write down information from non-fiction texts.
• Discuss books that have been read to me and books that I have read, and listen to other people’s opinions about them.

• Listen and respond appropriately to adults and other people my age.
• Ask relevant questions to increase my understanding and knowledge.
• Use different ways to expand my vocabulary.
• Explain and justify my own answers, arguments and opinions.
• Describe, explain and narrate for different purposes in a structured way, including expressing feelings.
• Pay attention and take part in conversations with others, staying on topic and making and responding to comments.
• Use spoken language to suggest ideas and explanations, and explore my imagination and ideas.
• Speak clearly and fluently, increasingly using Standard English.
• Take part in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates.
• Gain, keep and monitor the interest of people listening to me.
• Assess different viewpoints and build on other people’s contributions.
• Choose and use appropriate registers (e.g. formal or informal speaking) to communicate effectively.

• Use further prefixes and suffixes and understand how to add them.
• Spell further homophones.
• Spell words that are often misspelt.
• Place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals and in words with irregular plurals.
• Use the first 2 or 3 letters of a word to check its spelling in a dictionary
• Write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the teacher, that include words and punctuation taught so far.

Plan their writing by:

• discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar
• discussing and recording ideas

Draft and write by:

• composing and rehearsing sentences orally (including dialogue), progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structure
• organising paragraphs around a theme
• in narratives, creating settings, characters and plot
• in non-narrative material, using simple organisational devices

Evaluate and edit by:

• assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements
• proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences
• proofread for spelling and punctuation errors
• read their own writing aloud to a group or the whole class, using appropriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so that the meaning is clear

• Extend the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions.
• Use the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense.
• Choose nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition.
• Use conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause.
• Use fronted adverbials.
• Use commas after fronted adverbials.
• Indicate possession by using the possessive apostrophe with plural nouns.
• Use and punctuate direct speech.
• Use and understand grammatical terminology accurately and appropriately when discussing their writing and reading.

• Count in multiples of 6,7,9, 25 and 1000.
• Count back through zero using negative numbers.
• Know the place value of each digit in a four-digit number (thousands, hundreds, tens and units.)
• Find 1000 more than a number and 1000 less than a number.
• Put four-digit numbers in order, and use the < and > symbols.
• Round numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1000.
• Know that numbers which aren’t whole numbers can be written as decimals or fractions.
• Read Roman numerals up to 100. I know that Roman numerals don’t have zeros or place value.
• Solve problems with negative numbers and with large numbers.
• Solve problems using fractions and rounding.

• Add numbers with up to four digits using a written method.
• Subtract numbers with up to four digits using a written method.
• Make estimates and use inverse calculations to check my answers.
• Know my times tables up to 12 X 12 and can use them to multiply and divide.
• Mentally multiply and divide numbers.
• Recognise and use factor pairs in calculations.
• Multiply two and three-digit numbers by a one-digit numbers without a calculator.
• Solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

• Know that hundredths come from dividing 1 by 100 and dividing tenths by 10.
• Count in hundredths.
• Show equivalent fractions using diagrams.
• Add and subtract fractions.
• Solve problems that involve calculating fractions of amounts.
• Recognise decimals and understand what they show.

• Write tenths and hundredths as decimals, and ¼, ½ and ¾ as decimals.
• Divide a one or two-digit number by 10 or 100.
• Round decimals with one decimal place to the nearest whole number.
• Compare numbers with the same number of decimal places.
• Solve measure and money problems that involve fractions and decimals.

• Convert between units and compare measurements.
• Work out the perimeters of shapes.
• Find the areas of shapes by counting squares.
• Read and write time in the 12 and 24-hour clock, and can convert between analogue and digital.
• Solve problems by changing between different units of time.

• Identify 2D shapes including quadrilaterals and triangles.
• Identify acute and obtuse angles. I can compare angles and put them in order of size.
• Identify lines of symmetry in 2D shapes.
• Complete a symmetrical shape.
• Describe a position on a grid as coordinates.
• Describe translations.
• Plot coordinates and draw sides to complete shapes.

• Interpret data using bar charts.
• Interpret and present data on time graphs.
• Solve problems using tables and pictograms.
• Solve problems and make comparisons using data from bar charts and time graphs.