This Summer Year 4 GPS Assessment Resource Pack has been created to assess pupil knowledge of all the blocks and small steps covered so far in the Summer term. The pack includes an SATs style assessment with 21 questions linked to all of the small steps in Summer; a mark scheme with content domain coverage, small step coverage with suggested levels and a teacher assessment spreadsheet to identify pupils working at Year 4 Emerging, Year 4 Developing, Year 4 Expected or Year 4 Greater Depth. These levels are currently provided as a guideline only.
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This pack includes:
Summer Block 1 Standard English
English Year 4: (4G7.1) Standard English forms for verb inflections instead of local spoken forms [for example, we were instead of we was, or I did instead of I done]
Small Steps
1.‘Were’ or ‘Was’ and ‘Did’ or ‘Done’
2.‘I’ or ‘Me’
3.‘Have’ not ‘Of’ and ‘These/Those’ not ‘Them’
Summer Block 2 Paragraphs
Small Steps
1.Identifying Paragraphs
2.Using Fronted Adverbials in Paragraphs
3.Using Pronouns and Conjunctions in Paragraphs
4.Using Speech in Paragraphs
5.More Than One Paragraph
6.Sequencing Paragraphs
Summer Block 3 Consolidation
English Year 3: (3G1.8) Use the forms a or an according to whether the next word begins with a consonant or a vowel [for example, a rock, an open box]
Terminology for pupils:
English Year 3: (3G3.4) Extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including: when, if, because, although
English Year 3: (3G1.4) Using conjunctions to express time and cause
English Year 3: (3G1.4) Express time, place and cause using conjunctions [for example, when, before, after, while, so, because]
Terminology for pupils:
English Year 3: (3G3.4) Extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including: when, if, because, although
English Year 3:(3G1.4) Using conjunctions to express time and cause
English Year 3:(3G1.4) Express time, place and cause using conjunctions [for example, when, before, after, while, so, because]
Terminology for pupils:
English Year 3: (3G1.7) Using prepositions to express time and cause
English Year 3: (3G1.7) Express time, place and cause using prepositions [for example, before, after, during, in, because of]
Terminology for pupils:
English Year 3: (3G5.7) Introduction to inverted commas to punctuate direct speech
Terminology for pupils:
English Year 4: (4G5.7) Using and punctuating direct speech
English Year 4: (4G5.7) Use of inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech [for example, a comma after the reporting clause; end punctuation within inverted commas: The conductor shouted, “Sit down!”]
English Year 3: (3G4.1b) Use of the present perfect form of verbs instead of the simple past [for example, He has gone out to play contrasted with He went out to play]
English Year 3: (3G4.1b) Using the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense
English Year 4: (4G1.5) Choosing nouns or pronouns appropriately for clarity and cohesion and to avoid repetition
English Year 4: (4G1.5) Appropriate choice of pronoun or noun within and across sentences to aid cohesion and avoid repetition
Terminology for pupils:
English Year 4: (4G3.2) Noun phrases expanded by the addition of modifying adjectives, nouns and preposition phrases (e.g. the teacher expanded to: the strict maths teacher with curly hair)
English Year 3: (3G6.4) Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning [for example, solve, solution, solver, dissolve, insoluble]
Terminology for pupils:
English Year 4: (4G5.6b) Using fronted adverbials
English Year 4:(4G5.6b) Fronted adverbials [for example, Later that day, I heard the bad news.]
English Year 4:(4G5.6b) Using commas after fronted adverbials
English Year 4:(4G5.6b) Use commas after fronted adverbials
Terminology for pupils:
English Year 4: (4G7.1) Standard English forms for verb inflections instead of local spoken forms [for example, we were instead of we was, or I did instead of I done]
Small Steps
1.Consolidating Determiners
2.Consolidating Coordinating Conjunctions
3.Consolidating Subordinating Conjunctions
4.Consolidating Adverbs
5.Consolidating Prepositions
6.Consolidating Speech
7.Consolidating Tenses
8.Consolidating Noun Types
9.Consolidating Root Words
10.Consolidating Fronted Adverbials
11.Consolidating Apostrophes
12.Consolidation of Writing Paragraphs in Standard and Non-Standard English
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