Vocabulary Aspect Cluster 1 M1 M2 M3 I can use every day words e.g.

. colours and places I can use different words for different things I can tell someone the meaning of some words that Im interested in

Vocabulary Aspect Cluster 2 M1 M2 M3 I can understand the meaning of words that I read I can name parts of a computer I can ask questions to find out the meaning of words

Vocabulary Aspect Cluster 3 M1 M2 I can use words to describe things that happen in my life I can use the right words when speaking and writing I can find the meanings of words I dont understand by M3 thinking about the words around them I can find the meanings of words by thinking about words that are similar and I do know the meaning of

Vocabulary Aspect Cluster 4 I can explain the meaning of words that I read M1 I can explain the meaning of words that I say I can explain the meaning of words that I write M2 M3 I can understand that some words can be grouped together in word families I can make out the meaning of a word by reading the sentence to give me clues

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Vocabulary Aspect Cluster 5 I can use my understanding of topic words to read M1 I can use my understanding of topic words to write I can use my understanding of topic words to speak M2 M3 I can use words to do with computers and internet e.g. icon, bold, italics I can change the meaning of a sentence by using different words

Vocabulary Aspect Cluster 6 I can write sentences to describe feelings and M1 experiences I can to talk about feelings and experiences I can use language to make people laugh M2 I can use language to persuade people I can use language to give people information M3 M4 I can build words from a word base e.g. move, moving, remove I can learn words from spelling lists, labels and signs Vocabulary Aspect Cluster 7 I can understand the meaning of words in harder texts M1 I can use these words when reading I can use these words when writing I can use these words when speaking M2 I can use techniques to make stories more interesting e.g. alliteration (Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers) I can use what I know about word families to understand M3 M4 unfamiliar words e.g. rhyming words, synonyms, base words I can use a dictionary to check the meaning of words

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Vocabulary Aspect Cluster 8 I can use words and groups of words to make my stories M1 more interesting I can use words to change the feeling of my stories M2 M3 M4 I can use what I know about a topic to understand unfamiliar words I can explain the terms associated with multimedia I can recognise different words to explain similar ideas e.g. synonyms I can write using different words depending on who will M5 read my writing I can edit my writing using better word choices

Vocabulary Aspect Cluster 9 M1 M2 M3 M4 I can use different words that have the same meaning e.g. synonyms I can use words that relate to the topic in my writing I can use words associated with the use of computers and electronic texts confidently I can use suffixes to change the meaning of words I can use prefixes to change the meaning of words

Vocabulary Aspect Cluster 10 M1 M2 M3 M4 I can understand that word meaning can change when used in different texts I can use expanded vocabulary by drawing on my knowledge of known words and topic words I can use a number of ways to work out the meanings of words I can use dictionaries and thesauruses to find the meaning of unknown words

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Vocabulary Aspect Cluster 11 I can construct texts, with appropriate word choices, M1 that consider its audience I can construct texts, with appropriate word choices, that consider its purpose M2 I can understand new words for new concepts I can use prefixes to find the meaning of new words M3 I can use suffixes to find the meaning of new words I can use prefixes to create new words I can use suffixes to create new words I can edit and review my own writing using improved word M4 choices I can edit and review other peoples writing using improved word choices

Vocabulary Aspect Cluster 12 M1 M2 I can use new words for new concepts e.g. blissful for happy I can use appropriate language for spoken texts that suit a specific topic I can use appropriate language for written texts that suit a specific topic I can communicate through digital and electronic means M3 I can use the language associated with digital technology and electronic texts M4 I can use the origin of words to make out the meaning of new word

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