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Reception - writing levels

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masuki · 06/02/2011 21:09

I am just wondering how much your Reception child is writing and what is considered to be the 'norm'??? names? abstract words? sentences?? stories?? correct spelling or phonic?? any punctuation???

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PoppetUK · 06/02/2011 21:14

I've just started writing with DS. I was trying to get him to practise using his sounds learnt at school. Hopefully he can start to string a few words together towards the end of reception.

girliefriend · 06/02/2011 21:16

dd can write her own name and is able to copy words more or less correctly.

She hasn't started her 1st novel yet am guessing that will be year 1

conkersdropped · 06/02/2011 21:19

DS can write his name, and "mum".

He has a go at a few other names and words, but it's pretty bad tbh. I'm not expecting much improvement for a while, he has only just decided he is probably going to be left handed, and still switches hands depending on what letter he is trying to write!

Chaotica · 06/02/2011 21:42

DD has just begun to think up sentences and write them (although the sentences she can think of are usually harder than those she can write). She just about makes readable letters the right way around (usually) and gets the spelling and spacing sort of right.

BTW this level isn't expected in her class and 2 months ago she couldn't write her name.

5goingon13 · 06/02/2011 21:43

DS can write his own name. And if I ask him and he's in the right mood he can write all the other letters. But he's not at the stage of being able to write a sentence. Today he managed to write an upside down e and a backwards s . But he's made massive progress since he started school in Sept as he couldn't/wouldn't write then.

GintyMarlow · 06/02/2011 21:45

DD does quite a bit of writing. Generally phonetically OK and she is trying to write sentences. She is very keen on writing though and it is one of her strengths.

evolucy7 · 06/02/2011 21:46

Are we bored of the reception reading threads now so moved on to writing?

I'm only joking I myself started one on reception reading.

My 4 year old will write sentences, but the spelling is not always correct, basic punctuation capital at start and full stop at end of sentence, she knows what apostrophes are but would not use one of her own accord I don't think, but it is not the norm at her school, she does spelling tests and other written work with Yr 1 children

ruddynorah · 06/02/2011 21:46

dd is 5 in may. she has lovely writing and enjoys writing notes and little stories. her spelling is phonetic, but as she's learning her digraphs these are creeping in as well. she has a tricky word spelling test every week so some of these she knows too, such as you, her, they etc. but today she drew a 'spaissh ship' and a 'tiegr'

crazygracieuk · 06/02/2011 21:48

Ds can write his name and mum.

When he writes he puts finger spaces in words and knows what a full stop looks like but wouldn't know where to use it.

He can sometimes work out how a word is spelt is it's simple like "cat" but writes train as "chn".

He is not equally confident with all his letters so if he's not sure about how to write a letter he skips it or writes a random letter instead.

His letter formation is sometimes very dodgy.

Grockle · 06/02/2011 21:51

DS can write his name, a few familiar words and loves writing short sentences (which are hard to read but make sense phonetically, although lots of letters are written backwards). No idea what is expected but my neighbour who is head of an Infant School was surprised at DS's writing. I don't push him but he's really motivated to write and has set up a little office in his bedroom and writes illegible notes to me all the time

toomanynamechanges · 06/02/2011 21:52

Think the average in yr r is probably to be at the level of writing individual words or maybe short sentences.
Some will only be able to write their name.

Remember things can change quickly at this age. Think dd was only writing individual words at this stage in reception and now in year 1 is writing long two page of A4 stories.

lechatnoir · 06/02/2011 21:54

DS could only just write his name when he started but is doing 'sentences' now. On a Sunday for example, we always write in his learning journal what he's done over weekend and this is (exactly!) what he wrote today:

I had a party this satday and my frends caym I had fun.

(...this Saturday and my friends came... )

It took quite a while and there were a couple of writing mistakes (back to front 'd' and slightly off spacing/line following) but he knows all the letters and is pretty good at working out spelling using a mix of letters & sounds.

Mind you, he is definitely better at writing than reading - 99% of words are still being 'sounded out' rather than read as complete words & he's in 'middle' set.
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BlueberryPancake · 06/02/2011 21:54

DS doesn't do writing at school yet, not as such. But if wants to write something he can do it phonetically. For example when we play 'restaurant' he takes the order and will say something like 'you want a cup of tea'... How do you write cup?" then he'll think about the sound carefully and write some words and they make sense, even if not always correct. The school is taking it really slowly with sounds and has a very fun approach to letters so he is learning to write without really realising that he is learning. He often sounds words out. He'll say Look mum, a c-a-r car.. a r-e-d c-a-r. I'm sure that if he wanted to write these words he could.

However, there are some kids in his class who are much more advanced than he is. (I read a note the other day in which a little girl had written 'I love you and I want to mary you' but he doesn't want to tell me who it's from!!!

BlueberryPancake · 06/02/2011 21:55

Sorry he is 5 and in reception

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skiphopskidaddle · 06/02/2011 22:54

DS1 is 5 and in reception. Today he wrote "I hav wobbly nirvs. I hav a reeal hedac. Floppy arms. Daddee is a fartee bum".

(He doesn't really have any of those medical symptoms - he was just pretending btw) Oddly, his writing seems a lot ahead of his reading.

evolucy7 · 06/02/2011 22:59

Does he reads ORT books? Perhaps he doesn't just whenever I see the word Floppy that's what I think of.

2pinkmonkeys · 07/02/2011 10:36

dd1 this time last year was strting to write short stories (she loves writing). her writing was very neat (she worked really hard of her own accord to make it neat)she knew she should use full stops and capitals but would only put them at the begining and end of a piece of work and her spelling was more or less phonetic.

i think that she was quite a good writer one of the better ones in her class, im not really sure if this is the norm or not.

lechatnoir · 07/02/2011 12:10

Skiphop my DS's writing is also ahead of his reading and is far more willing to sit & write than he is to sit & read (although loves telling & listening to stories. Concentration generallly is a bit of an issue so we have to work in very short bursts

coccyx · 07/02/2011 12:22

My DD is up for a Booker prize

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