English home language – Term 4 Assessments and rubrics

Listening and speaking
Tells news – rubric
Oral – Tells a familiar story with a beginning, middle and end
Listens to a story and answers questions
Listens to instructions and responds appropriately

Reading
Reads a short story, follows the instructions and sequences a story
Rubric for guided reading
Listens to a story and identifies the main problem

Phonics
Uses consonant blends to build up and break down words
Builds words using sounds learnt – phonics test
Recognises common digraphs at the end of words
Groups common words into sound families

Creative Writing
Writes at least 3 sentences of own news – uses past and present tense correctly in words
Uses preposition correctly
Organises information in a graphic form

Handwriting
Forms upper and lower case letters correctly
Copies and writes words/sentences with the correct spacing.