End of Year 5 Learning Expectations

 Word reading

• apply knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes to read aloud and to understand the meaning of unfamiliar words.
• read further exception words, noting the unusual correspondences between spelling and sound.
• attempt pronunciation of unfamiliar words drawing on prior knowledge of similar looking words.
• re-read and read ahead to check for meaning.

Understanding what I read

• be familiar with and talk about a wide range of books and text types, including myths, legends and traditional stories and books from other cultures and traditions; discussing the features of each.
• read non-fiction texts and identify the purpose, structure and grammatical features, evaluating how effective they are.
• identify significant ideas, events and characters; and discuss their significance.
• recite poems by heart, e.g. narrative verse, haiku.
• prepare poems and plays to read aloud and to perform, showing understanding through intonation, tone, volume and action.

Spelling

• form verbs with prefixes.
• convert nouns or adjectives into verbs by adding a suffix.
• understand the rules for adding prefixes and suffixes.
• spell words with silent letters.
• distinguish between homophones and other words which are often confused.
• spell the commonly mis-spelt words from the Y5/6 word list.
• use the first 3 or 4 letters of a word to check spelling, meaning or both in a dictionary.
• use a thesaurus.
• use a range of spelling strategies.

Handwriting

• choose the style of handwriting to use when given a choice.
• choose the handwriting that is best suited for a specific task.

Sentence structure

• use relative clauses.
• use adverbs or modal verbs to indicate a degree of possibility.

Text structure

• build cohesion between paragraphs.
• use adverbials to link paragraphs.

Punctuation

• use inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech.
• use apostrophes to mark plural possession.
• use commas after fronted adverbials.
• use brackets, dashes and commas to indicate parenthesis.
• use commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity.

Number

• count forwards and backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any given number up to 1,000,000.
• recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and can convert from one to the other.
• read and write decimal numbers as fractions.
• recognise the % symbol and understand percent relates to a number of parts per hundred.
• write percentages as a fraction with denominator hundred and as a decimal fraction.
• compare and add fractions whose denominators are all multiples of the same number.
• multiply and divide numbers mentally drawing on known facts up to 12 x
• round decimals with 2dp to the nearest whole number and to 1dp.
• recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers; and can use the notation 2 and 3 .
• multiply and divide whole numbers and those involving decimals by 10, 100 and 1000.
• multiply numbers up to 4-digit by a 1 or 2-digit number using formal written methods, including long multiplication for a 2-digit number.
• divide numbers up to 4-digits by a 1-digit number.
• solve problems involving multiplication and division where large numbers are used by decomposing them into factors.
• solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems in context, deciding which operations and methods to use and why.
• solve problems involving numbers up to 3dp.

Measurement, Geometry and Statistics

• estimate and compare acute, obtuse and reflex angles.
• draw given angles and measure them in degrees.
• convert between different units of metric measures and estimate volume and capacity.
• measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in cm and m.
• calculate and compare the areas of squares and rectangles including using standards units (cm2 and m2 ).
• solve comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented in a line graph.