Key Stage 1

Magic Pencil demonstrates the correct letter formation for the capital letters A-M.

Magic Pencil demonstrates the correct letter formation for the capital letters N-Z.

Magic pencil demonstrates correct letter formation for the letters ‘a’ to ‘m’ for joining.

Magic pencil demonstrates correct letter formation for the letters ‘n’ to ‘z’ for joining.

Magic pencil demonstrates correct letter formation for ‘l, i, t, u, j and y’ for joining.

Magic pencil demonstrates correct letter formation for ‘r, b, n, h, m, k and p’ for joining.

Magic pencil demonstrates correct letter formation for ‘v, w, x and z’ for joining.

Examples of 'homophones' with accompanying illustrations to clarify.

One hundred high frequency words to encourage quick recall.

The next one hundred high frequency words to encourage quick recall.

Another one hundred high frequency words to encourage quick recall.

Using the spelling rule for adding -s or -es as the third person singular marker for verbs.

Deciding where to use full stops and capital letters in fairy tale sentences.

Creating exclamation sentences to accompany fairy tale pictures.

Blending sounds in unfamiliar words containing taught GPCs.

Using the co-ordinating words and, but and or in sentences.

Demonstrating how to use 'apostrophes for contracted forms'.

Showing how to compose a sentence orally before writing it.

Deciding where to use  commas in a list in a sentence.

Capital letters for people's names, places, days of the week and the personal pronoun 'I'.