Ks1 English articles

Heard your child talk about their LO, or their WALT? Teachers use learning objectives to help children understand what is expected of them in the classroom. Find out what a learning objective (or WALT) is and how learning objectives are used in primary school.

Find out what a talk partner is and why having a talk partner will benefit your child's learning in the classroom.

Find out what interactive whiteboards are and how they enhance learning in the classroom.

Text-marking is a technique taught in schools to help children recognise the different features of a text. Find out how teachers explain the technique to children and how it can help with their comprehension of different types of texts.

We explain what vowels and consonants are and how primary-school children are taught to identify CVC, CCVC and CVCC words, vowel digraphs and consonant digraphs.

We explain what a pronoun is and how primary-school children are taught to use pronouns to avoid repetition in their written work.

Modelled writing is a technique teachers use to model for children how they could carry out the thinking process when writing a story. See an example of how this process could work.

Learning certain letter strings will help your child with their reading and spelling. Find out about different letter strings and tips to help your child remember them.

Find out how your child's teacher will explain the concept of time connectives and ways in which your child will be encouraged to use them to improve their writing.

A non-chronological report is a piece of text that isn't written in time order. Find out how your child is taught to read and write non-chronological reports in primary school.

Find out how your child will learn to encode – hear a sound and write it down – and what you can do at home to support learning.

As they learn to read, children are taught individual sounds and then how to link them together to form words. By the end of Reception your child will be able to blend sounds together; find out how your child will be taught blending in school and how you can support learning at home.

Your child will be taught about graphemes as part of their phonics learning journey. We explain what graphemes are and how you can help your child understand the concept at home.

When two consonants appear next to each other it is called a consonant cluster. We explain how teachers explain consonant clusters to children and how you can help your child spot them when you are practising reading at home.

Your child will be taught about digraphs as part of their phonics learning journey. We explain how teachers explain the concept to children and how you can help your child spot digraphs at home.

Onomatopoeia is a word that names a sound, but also sounds like that sound. Find out how teachers explain onomatopoeia to school children and how to encourage your child to use it to improve their writing.

Reading comprehension exercises are a staple homework activity, not to mention a significant part of SATs. Lucy Dimbylow asked teachers for their insider tips on getting to grips with comprehension and how to help your child at home.

Sort your phonemes from your graphemes, decoding from encoding and digraphs from trigraphs with our parents' guide to phonics teaching. Our step-by-step explanation takes you through the different stages of phonics learning, what your child will be expected to learn and the vocabulary you need to know.

Phonics teaching introduces children to CVC words (consonant vowel consonant), then CCVC words (consonant consonant vowel consonant) and CVCC words (consonant vowel consonant consonant). Understand how teachers will present the different words in the classroom and how to support your child's learning at home in our parents' guide to decoding and blending sounds.