Writing yr1

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I have a son in yr1 only just about to turn 6. Writing never been his strong point teacher often says it doesnt make sense but asked him today to write about the dog. This is what he wrote

The dog went for a walk?
The dog had a walk.
He is a royall dog.
He is a spanyall.
He has a black coler.
He eats lots of rubbish.
He's whit (white) so He can be seen.

So is this within the realms of average for a summer born yr1 boy this is my Pfb so nothing to compare to and not much opportunity to see work in class. I had been told his writing was not very legible but we have worked on this and while it is not beautifully neat it is perfectly readable. I think his descriptions are good he is stating to use more punctuation just not always in the right place hence the random question mark. But he did use a good apostrophe. Be interested to hear your comments.

My dd was 6 at the end of may and writes similar to that.

Seems ok to me.

Good on him for trying- especially if it's not his favourite thing. I don't know as I'm not a primary teacher. If you want to compare though, my DD, who is 6 next month had to find out about an Olympian for homework. I helped her with who, but she wrote:
I like swimming and wen I grow up I would like to be as good as redecca Adlington. She has won 2 gold medals. She dose freestyle swimming. She is 23 years old. I will be chieering her in the london olypmics.

Oops, posted too soon- so pretty similar standard I would say.

Similar to my when asked to write by his lOvely teacher rather than me who is 6 in August. He would have not used a different line for each sentence and might have forgotten an odd capital letter. His current writing target is to use connectives like and, because and but as his writing style is a bunch of very short sentences.

My son would have had more spelling mistakes- rubish rather than rubbish, wok or work rather than walk, eet rather than eat.

Yes connectives are also my boy's target and he is v reliable with his capital letters and full stops. He also talks about other punctuation frequently. It is pleasing to hear that this is obviously average I was beginning to worry t would always be a struggle to get there.

Looks fine to me. He spells better than my 8 year old.

My DS is in yr 1 and nearly 6. I'd be delighted if his writing was at this level. He has made great progress but forgets capitals and full stops and has some very interesting spelling. I would say your DS is doing really well.

Disclaimet: I'm not a big fan of levels, esp in such young chn. But technically, at the end of yr 1 they are meant to be a 1A, and they need some connectives to do this (can only be "and".)

He has full stops and capital letters, and the actual content and spelling I would say is good enough for a 1A if he used connectives to create some sort of flow.

I would probably ignore the random question mark and just put it down to him getting into his stride. I would expect him, with some explicit connective guidance, to get to a 1A by the end of the summer term.

Thanks all for your replies. I really think he's starting to 'get it' and he seems to have a natural aptitude for spelling. He does read v well so perhaps this is where it's helping the spelling. Will work work work on connectives but just keep encouraging him as he does seem much happier to write than he ever was