Advanced Figurative Language
CONCEPTUALUnderstand and interpret figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meaning — including allusion, irony, pun, oxymoron, and extended metaphor — and distinguish between connotation and denotation when analysing or choosing words
Mastery Evidence
- Explain the connotative difference between words with similar denotations (e.g., thrifty vs. stingy vs. economical)
- Identify irony or an allusion in a text and explain what it adds to the meaning
- Analyse an extended metaphor across a paragraph or poem and explain how it develops an idea
Assessment Prompt
“When [child] reads a poem or novel and the author uses irony, a pun, or an unexpected comparison, can they explain what effect it creates and why the author chose those words?”
Curriculum Standards10 alignments
L.6.5Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsDemonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
L.6.5aCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsInterpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context.
L.6.5cCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsDistinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).
L.7.5Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsDemonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
L.7.5aCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsInterpret figures of speech (e.g., literary, biblical, and mythological allusions) in context.
L.7.5cCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsDistinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., refined, respectful, polite, diplomatic, condescending).
L.8.5Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsDemonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
L.8.5aCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsInterpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context.
KS3-ENG-GV-1cThe national curriculum in Englanddrawing on new vocabulary and grammatical constructions from their reading and listening, and using these consciously in their writing and speech to achieve particular effects
KS3-ENG-R-3aThe national curriculum in Englandknowing how language, including figurative language, vocabulary choice, grammar, text structure and organisational features, presents meaning
Prerequisites3
- Figurative Language and Literary DeviceshardAges 11—14
- Antonyms & SynonymshardAges 9—11
- How Language Choices Affect the ReaderhardAges 10—11
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- Figurative Language and Literary Devices hard
Advanced figurative language analysis requires the reading skill of analysing word choice in context
- Using and Evaluating Textual Evidence soft
Analysing word choice impact requires citing evidence from the text
- Justifying Views About Texts hard
Citing textual evidence extends KS2 providing reasoned justifications with evidence
- Understanding fractions (age 9+) soft
Cross-subject: providing reasoned justifications for views about texts benefits from constructing logical multi-step arguments in maths
- Types of angles (age 8+) hard
Measuring and drawing angles with a protractor requires knowing how to mark and label angles using standard notation
- Right Angles & Turns hard
Identifying right angles and greater/less than right angle is prerequisite to naming acute/obtuse
- Types of angles (age 8+) soft
Identifying right angles and turns is supported by the convention of marking right angles with a small square
- 2-D shapes (age 6+) soft
Understanding angles as shape properties requires knowing basic shape properties
- Position, direction, and movement hard
Recognising angles as turns extends Y2 work on quarter/half/three-quarter turns
- Types of angles (age 8+) soft
Identifying right angles and turns is supported by the convention of marking right angles with a small square
- Positional Language hard
Position/direction vocabulary with right angles extends basic positional language
- Turns & Directions hard
Right-angle turns (clockwise/anti-clockwise) build directly on whole/half/quarter turns from Year 1
- Types of angles (age 8+) hard
Finding unknown angles using equations requires reading angle diagrams and interpreting arc marks and notation
- Types of angles (age 8+) hard
Angle sum rules (360° at a point, 180° on a line) are applied through reading angle diagrams with correct notation
- Right Angles & Turns hard
Identifying right angles and greater/less than right angle is prerequisite to naming acute/obtuse
- Types of angles (age 8+) soft
Identifying right angles and turns is supported by the convention of marking right angles with a small square
- 2-D shapes (age 6+) soft
Understanding angles as shape properties requires knowing basic shape properties
- Position, direction, and movement hard
Recognising angles as turns extends Y2 work on quarter/half/three-quarter turns
- Types of angles (age 8+) soft
Identifying right angles and turns is supported by the convention of marking right angles with a small square
- Positional Language hard
Position/direction vocabulary with right angles extends basic positional language
- Turns & Directions hard
Right-angle turns (clockwise/anti-clockwise) build directly on whole/half/quarter turns from Year 1
- Justifying mathematical reasoning (age 8+) hard
Age 8-9 constructing arguments is prerequisite to age 9-10 level
- Equivalent fractions (age 8+) soft
Generating/explaining equivalent fractions exercises justification skills
- Equivalent fractions on a number line hard
Must understand equivalence before generating equivalent fractions
- Equivalent fractions hard
Diagram-based equivalent fractions is prerequisite to formal equivalence understanding
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Reading +, −, and = symbols soft
Writing fraction sentences (1/2 of 6 = 3) requires understanding the = sign
- Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
Writing number sentences requires reading and writing numerals
- Addition as combining or putting together two hard
Reading/writing the + symbol requires understanding what addition means
- Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
Reading/writing the − symbol requires understanding what subtraction means
- Fractions of amounts hard
Writing fractions and recognising equivalence requires knowing what the fractions mean
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions and recognising equivalence requires 'equivalent fraction' vocabulary
- Fractions of amounts hard
Recognising fractions of shapes/quantities is prerequisite to formal unit fraction understanding
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- What Is a Half? hard
Understanding quarters extends from understanding halves — both are equal parts but quarters requires dividing into 4
- Division as equal sharing hard
Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
- Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Fraction Notation hard
Understanding a/b as a parts of 1/b requires numerator, denominator, and unit fraction vocabulary
- Splitting shapes into equal parts (age 7+) hard
Partition into equal shares is prerequisite to understanding unit fractions
- Decomposing a shape into more equal shares hard
Understanding equal shares of different shapes requires concept of more shares = smaller
- Halves & Quarters of Shapes hard
Comparing share sizes requires experience partitioning into halves and quarters
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Partitioning into fourths/quarters extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- Fractions on a number line (age 8+) hard
Equivalent fractions as the same point on a number line directly uses the fraction number-line representation
- Fractions on a number line hard
Prior number-line fraction experience feeds into formal unit-fraction placement
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Fractions of amounts hard
Recognising fractions of shapes/quantities is prerequisite to formal unit fraction understanding
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Fraction Notation hard
Understanding a/b as a parts of 1/b requires numerator, denominator, and unit fraction vocabulary
- Splitting shapes into equal parts (age 7+) hard
Partition into equal shares is prerequisite to understanding unit fractions
- Decomposing a shape into more equal shares hard
Understanding equal shares of different shapes requires concept of more shares = smaller
- Comparing fractions (age 8+) soft
Fraction comparison requires constructing arguments about relative size
- Comparing fractions hard
Same-denominator comparison experience is prerequisite to same-numerator comparison
- Decomposing a shape into more equal shares soft
More shares = smaller helps understand why 1/5 < 1/3
- Halves & Quarters of Shapes hard
Comparing share sizes requires experience partitioning into halves and quarters
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Partitioning into fourths/quarters extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- What Is a Half? hard
Understanding quarters extends from understanding halves — both are equal parts but quarters requires dividing into 4
- Division as equal sharing hard
Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
- Fractions on a number line hard
Comparing fractions requires understanding them as numbers on a line
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- What Is a Half? hard
Understanding quarters extends from understanding halves — both are equal parts but quarters requires dividing into 4
- Division as equal sharing hard
Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
- Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Fractions of a whole hard
Must understand unit fraction size reasoning for same-numerator comparison
- Fractions of amounts hard
Recognising fractions of shapes/quantities is prerequisite to formal unit fraction understanding
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- What Is a Half? hard
Understanding quarters extends from understanding halves — both are equal parts but quarters requires dividing into 4
- Division as equal sharing hard
Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
- Division as equal sharing hard
Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
- Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
- Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
- How Many in Total? hard
Understanding subtraction as taking away requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Fraction Notation hard
Understanding a/b as a parts of 1/b requires numerator, denominator, and unit fraction vocabulary
- Splitting shapes into equal parts (age 7+) hard
Partition into equal shares is prerequisite to understanding unit fractions
- Decomposing a shape into more equal shares hard
Understanding equal shares of different shapes requires concept of more shares = smaller
- Halves & Quarters of Shapes hard
Comparing share sizes requires experience partitioning into halves and quarters
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Partitioning into fourths/quarters extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Partitioning into fourths/quarters extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- What Is a Half? hard
Understanding quarters extends from understanding halves — both are equal parts but quarters requires dividing into 4
- Division as equal sharing hard
Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
- Justifying mathematical reasoning hard
Age 7-8 explaining/justifying is prerequisite to age 8-9 level
- Describing Aloud soft
Cross-subject: constructing and following multi-step mathematical arguments requires the ability to express thoughts and give well-structured explanations orally
- Expressing & Justifying Opinions soft
Oral expression skills support understanding formality in speech
- Exploring Ideas Through Talk soft
Conversational skills provide foundation for evaluating viewpoints
- Feeling of not understanding soft
Using talk to explore ideas and speculate requires noticing what you don't yet understand — the comprehension-monitoring habit in a spoken register
- Asking for Help hard
Noticing confusion and acting on it requires already knowing that asking for help is a valid response to being stuck
- Teaching It Back soft
Constructing multi-step mathematical arguments and identifying errors in reasoning is the maths form of the universal self-explanation habit
- Explaining Mathematical Reasoning soft
The universal self-explanation habit (LtL 7-8) builds on the maths-specific practice of explaining reasoning when prompted (MT 6-7)
- Showing Your Working hard
Age 6-7 explaining with diagrams/logic builds on age 5-6 showing and telling with objects
- Numbers up to 10 into pairs soft
Explaining part-part-whole decompositions exercises showing and telling
- Addition as combining or putting together two hard
Decomposing numbers into pairs requires understanding addition as combining
- Number bonds to 9 soft
Explaining how to find number bonds to 10 exercises showing thinking with objects
- Numbers up to 10 into pairs hard
Making 10 is a specific application of decomposing numbers into pairs
- Listening and responding soft
Explaining mathematical reasoning orally requires basic listening and responding skills
- What the equals sign means soft
Determining whether equations are true/false exercises evaluating and justifying
- Reading +, −, and = symbols hard
Deep understanding of = requires already being able to read and write number sentences
- Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
Writing number sentences requires reading and writing numerals
- Addition as combining or putting together two hard
Reading/writing the + symbol requires understanding what addition means
- Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
Reading/writing the − symbol requires understanding what subtraction means
- Addition as combining or putting together two hard
Understanding commutativity of addition requires understanding addition
- How Many in Total? hard
Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
- Thinking Before Starting hard
Explaining in your own words requires connecting new learning to existing knowledge already held in mind
- Persisting When It's Hard hard
Activating prior knowledge requires the foundational habit of persistent engagement with new material
- Showing Your Working hard
Age 6-7 explaining with diagrams/logic builds on age 5-6 showing and telling with objects
- Numbers up to 10 into pairs soft
Explaining part-part-whole decompositions exercises showing and telling
- Addition as combining or putting together two hard
Decomposing numbers into pairs requires understanding addition as combining
- How Many in Total? hard
Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
- Number bonds to 9 soft
Explaining how to find number bonds to 10 exercises showing thinking with objects
- Numbers up to 10 into pairs hard
Making 10 is a specific application of decomposing numbers into pairs
- Addition as combining or putting together two hard
Decomposing numbers into pairs requires understanding addition as combining
- Listening and responding soft
Explaining mathematical reasoning orally requires basic listening and responding skills
- What the equals sign means soft
Determining whether equations are true/false exercises evaluating and justifying
- Reading +, −, and = symbols hard
Deep understanding of = requires already being able to read and write number sentences
- Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
Writing number sentences requires reading and writing numerals
- How Many in Total? hard
Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
- Writing digits 0-9 hard
Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
- Addition as combining or putting together two hard
Reading/writing the + symbol requires understanding what addition means
- How Many in Total? hard
Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
- Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
Reading/writing the − symbol requires understanding what subtraction means
- How Many in Total? hard
Understanding subtraction as taking away requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
- Addition as combining or putting together two hard
Understanding commutativity of addition requires understanding addition
- How Many in Total? hard
Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Adding and subtracting (age 7+) soft
Explaining columnar methods exercises identifying and justifying steps
- Fluent adding and subtracting within 100 hard
Columnar methods require fluent within-100 addition/subtraction
- Addition and subtraction within 20 hard
Adding within 100 extends within-20 strategies to larger numbers
- Fluent adding and subtracting within 10 hard
Strategies for within-20 calculation build on fluent within-10 knowledge
- The two digits of a two-digit number hard
Adding within 100 using PV requires understanding tens and ones
- A Ten Is Ten Ones hard
Understanding tens and ones place value requires the concept of 10 as a bundle
- The teen numbers hard
General two-digit place value extends from understanding teen number composition
- Addition and subtraction within 20 hard
Fluency within 20 requires prior strategy-based adding/subtracting within 20
- Fluent adding and subtracting within 10 hard
Strategies for within-20 calculation build on fluent within-10 knowledge
- Addition and subtraction within 1000 hard
Formal columnar methods build on conceptual understanding of composing/decomposing
- The three digits of a three-digit number hard
Three-digit operations require three-digit place-value understanding
- The two digits of a two-digit number hard
Must understand two-digit place value before extending to hundreds
- A Ten Is Ten Ones hard
Understanding tens and ones place value requires the concept of 10 as a bundle
- The teen numbers hard
General two-digit place value extends from understanding teen number composition
- Fluent adding and subtracting within 100 hard
Adding/subtracting within 1000 extends within-100 skills
- Addition and subtraction within 20 hard
Adding within 100 extends within-20 strategies to larger numbers
- The two digits of a two-digit number hard
Adding within 100 using PV requires understanding tens and ones
- Addition and subtraction within 20 hard
Fluency within 20 requires prior strategy-based adding/subtracting within 20
- Addition and subtraction strategies (age 7+) soft
Explaining why strategies work exercises constructing arguments
- The three digits of a three-digit number hard
Explanations require place-value language and understanding
- The teen numbers hard
Understanding 10 as a bundle builds on understanding teen numbers as 'a ten and some ones'
- The two digits of a two-digit number hard
Must understand two-digit place value before extending to hundreds
- A Ten Is Ten Ones hard
Understanding tens and ones place value requires the concept of 10 as a bundle
- The teen numbers hard
General two-digit place value extends from understanding teen number composition
- A Ten Is Ten Ones hard
Understanding tens and ones place value requires the concept of 10 as a bundle
- The teen numbers hard
Understanding 10 as a bundle builds on understanding teen numbers as 'a ten and some ones'
- The teen numbers hard
General two-digit place value extends from understanding teen number composition
- How Many in Total? hard
Understanding tens-and-ones composition requires cardinality — knowing numbers represent quantities
- Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
Composing/decomposing teen numbers requires reading and writing those numerals
- Fluent adding and subtracting within 100 hard
Must be able to use strategies before explaining why they work
- Addition and subtraction within 20 hard
Adding within 100 extends within-20 strategies to larger numbers
- Fluent adding and subtracting within 10 hard
Strategies for within-20 calculation build on fluent within-10 knowledge
- The two digits of a two-digit number hard
Adding within 100 using PV requires understanding tens and ones
- A Ten Is Ten Ones hard
Understanding tens and ones place value requires the concept of 10 as a bundle
- The teen numbers hard
General two-digit place value extends from understanding teen number composition
- Addition and subtraction within 20 hard
Fluency within 20 requires prior strategy-based adding/subtracting within 20
- Fluent adding and subtracting within 10 hard
Strategies for within-20 calculation build on fluent within-10 knowledge
- Understanding Why soft
Critiquing the reasoning of others in maths requires the elaborative-interrogation habit of asking why things work or fail
- Teaching It Back hard
Asking 'why does this work?' requires first being able to explain what you know — interrogation builds on explanation
- Explaining Mathematical Reasoning soft
The universal self-explanation habit (LtL 7-8) builds on the maths-specific practice of explaining reasoning when prompted (MT 6-7)
- Showing Your Working hard
Age 6-7 explaining with diagrams/logic builds on age 5-6 showing and telling with objects
- Numbers up to 10 into pairs soft
Explaining part-part-whole decompositions exercises showing and telling
- Addition as combining or putting together two hard
Decomposing numbers into pairs requires understanding addition as combining
- Number bonds to 9 soft
Explaining how to find number bonds to 10 exercises showing thinking with objects
- Numbers up to 10 into pairs hard
Making 10 is a specific application of decomposing numbers into pairs
- Listening and responding soft
Explaining mathematical reasoning orally requires basic listening and responding skills
- What the equals sign means soft
Determining whether equations are true/false exercises evaluating and justifying
- Reading +, −, and = symbols hard
Deep understanding of = requires already being able to read and write number sentences
- Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
Writing number sentences requires reading and writing numerals
- Addition as combining or putting together two hard
Reading/writing the + symbol requires understanding what addition means
- Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
Reading/writing the − symbol requires understanding what subtraction means
- Addition as combining or putting together two hard
Understanding commutativity of addition requires understanding addition
- How Many in Total? hard
Understanding addition as combining groups requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
- Thinking Before Starting hard
Explaining in your own words requires connecting new learning to existing knowledge already held in mind
- Persisting When It's Hard hard
Activating prior knowledge requires the foundational habit of persistent engagement with new material
- Comparing fractions (age 9+) soft
Comparing fractions with different denominators requires constructing logical arguments
- Equivalent fractions (age 9+) hard
Must generate equivalent fractions before using common denominators to compare
- Equivalent fractions on a number line hard
Understanding equivalence conceptually is prerequisite to explaining algebraically
- Equivalent fractions hard
Diagram-based equivalent fractions is prerequisite to formal equivalence understanding
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Reading +, −, and = symbols soft
Writing fraction sentences (1/2 of 6 = 3) requires understanding the = sign
- Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
Writing number sentences requires reading and writing numerals
- Addition as combining or putting together two hard
Reading/writing the + symbol requires understanding what addition means
- Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
Reading/writing the − symbol requires understanding what subtraction means
- Fractions of amounts hard
Writing fractions and recognising equivalence requires knowing what the fractions mean
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions and recognising equivalence requires 'equivalent fraction' vocabulary
- Fractions of amounts hard
Recognising fractions of shapes/quantities is prerequisite to formal unit fraction understanding
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- What Is a Half? hard
Understanding quarters extends from understanding halves — both are equal parts but quarters requires dividing into 4
- Division as equal sharing hard
Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
- Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Fraction Notation hard
Understanding a/b as a parts of 1/b requires numerator, denominator, and unit fraction vocabulary
- Splitting shapes into equal parts (age 7+) hard
Partition into equal shares is prerequisite to understanding unit fractions
- Decomposing a shape into more equal shares hard
Understanding equal shares of different shapes requires concept of more shares = smaller
- Halves & Quarters of Shapes hard
Comparing share sizes requires experience partitioning into halves and quarters
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Partitioning into fourths/quarters extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- Fractions on a number line (age 8+) hard
Equivalent fractions as the same point on a number line directly uses the fraction number-line representation
- Fractions on a number line hard
Prior number-line fraction experience feeds into formal unit-fraction placement
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Fractions of amounts hard
Recognising fractions of shapes/quantities is prerequisite to formal unit fraction understanding
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Fraction Notation hard
Understanding a/b as a parts of 1/b requires numerator, denominator, and unit fraction vocabulary
- Splitting shapes into equal parts (age 7+) hard
Partition into equal shares is prerequisite to understanding unit fractions
- Decomposing a shape into more equal shares hard
Understanding equal shares of different shapes requires concept of more shares = smaller
- Equivalent fractions (age 8+) hard
Generating equivalent fractions with visual models is prerequisite to algebraic explanation of equivalence
- Equivalent fractions on a number line hard
Must understand equivalence before generating equivalent fractions
- Equivalent fractions hard
Diagram-based equivalent fractions is prerequisite to formal equivalence understanding
- Reading +, −, and = symbols soft
Writing fraction sentences (1/2 of 6 = 3) requires understanding the = sign
- Fractions of amounts hard
Writing fractions and recognising equivalence requires knowing what the fractions mean
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions and recognising equivalence requires 'equivalent fraction' vocabulary
- Fractions of amounts hard
Recognising fractions of shapes/quantities is prerequisite to formal unit fraction understanding
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Fraction Notation hard
Understanding a/b as a parts of 1/b requires numerator, denominator, and unit fraction vocabulary
- Splitting shapes into equal parts (age 7+) hard
Partition into equal shares is prerequisite to understanding unit fractions
- Decomposing a shape into more equal shares hard
Understanding equal shares of different shapes requires concept of more shares = smaller
- Fractions on a number line (age 8+) hard
Equivalent fractions as the same point on a number line directly uses the fraction number-line representation
- Fractions on a number line hard
Prior number-line fraction experience feeds into formal unit-fraction placement
- Fractions of amounts hard
Recognising fractions of shapes/quantities is prerequisite to formal unit fraction understanding
- Fraction Notation hard
Understanding a/b as a parts of 1/b requires numerator, denominator, and unit fraction vocabulary
- Splitting shapes into equal parts (age 7+) hard
Partition into equal shares is prerequisite to understanding unit fractions
- Comparing fractions (age 8+) hard
Same-numerator/denom comparison is prerequisite to different-denom comparison
- Comparing fractions hard
Same-denominator comparison experience is prerequisite to same-numerator comparison
- Decomposing a shape into more equal shares soft
More shares = smaller helps understand why 1/5 < 1/3
- Halves & Quarters of Shapes hard
Comparing share sizes requires experience partitioning into halves and quarters
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Partitioning into fourths/quarters extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- What Is a Half? hard
Understanding quarters extends from understanding halves — both are equal parts but quarters requires dividing into 4
- Division as equal sharing hard
Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
- Fractions on a number line hard
Comparing fractions requires understanding them as numbers on a line
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- What Is a Half? hard
Understanding quarters extends from understanding halves — both are equal parts but quarters requires dividing into 4
- Division as equal sharing hard
Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
- Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Fractions of a whole hard
Must understand unit fraction size reasoning for same-numerator comparison
- Fractions of amounts hard
Recognising fractions of shapes/quantities is prerequisite to formal unit fraction understanding
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Working with 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- What Is a Half? hard
Understanding quarters extends from understanding halves — both are equal parts but quarters requires dividing into 4
- Division as equal sharing hard
Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
- Division as equal sharing hard
Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
- Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
- Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
- How Many in Total? hard
Understanding subtraction as taking away requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
- Fraction Notation hard
Writing fractions like 1/3 and 3/4 requires knowing numerator and denominator
- Fraction Notation hard
Understanding a/b as a parts of 1/b requires numerator, denominator, and unit fraction vocabulary
- Splitting shapes into equal parts (age 7+) hard
Partition into equal shares is prerequisite to understanding unit fractions
- Decomposing a shape into more equal shares hard
Understanding equal shares of different shapes requires concept of more shares = smaller
- Halves & Quarters of Shapes hard
Comparing share sizes requires experience partitioning into halves and quarters
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Partitioning into fourths/quarters extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- Finding halves and quarters (age 5+) hard
Partitioning into fourths/quarters extends from Y1 understanding of quarters
- What Is a Half? hard
Understanding quarters extends from understanding halves — both are equal parts but quarters requires dividing into 4
- Division as equal sharing hard
Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
- Learning from Mistakes soft
Critiquing others' mathematical reasoning and explaining errors applies the universal error-analysis habit to peer arguments
- Checking Your Own Work soft
Investigating why something was wrong grows from the earlier habit of checking whether an answer seems right
- Trying a New Approach hard
Error analysis requires the habit of trying different approaches — you need to have tried something before you can analyse what went wrong
- Feeling of not understanding hard
Strategy switching is triggered by noticing the current approach isn't working — requires comprehension monitoring
- Asking for Help hard
Noticing confusion and acting on it requires already knowing that asking for help is a valid response to being stuck
- Planning a Task hard
Switching strategy requires first having made a plan — you can only switch away from something you chose deliberately
- Checking Your Own Work hard
Planning before a task grows from the habit of checking back after finishing — both are self-regulatory bookends
- Inferring Characters' Feelings and Motives hard
Justified views requires drawing inferences with evidence
- Predicting what happens next soft
Drawing inferences about characters' feelings and justifying them with evidence is enriched by prior experience predicting what might happen next — both require reading ahead of the literal text
- Reading between the lines hard
Inferring characters' feelings/motives with evidence builds on identifying key details and making simple inferences
- Self-Correcting While Reading soft
Inferring and justifying inferences with text evidence requires the metacognitive habit of checking that the text makes sense as you read — a reader who doesn't self-monitor will miss the cues on which inference depends
- Monitoring Comprehension soft
Self-correcting while reading requires the awareness that decoding correctly is not the same as understanding
- Feeling of not understanding soft
Noticing the decoding/understanding gap is the English-specific form of the universal comprehension-monitoring habit
- Asking for Help hard
Noticing confusion and acting on it requires already knowing that asking for help is a valid response to being stuck
- Reading for Meaning hard
Noticing the gap between decoding and understanding requires first having the foundational idea that reading means making meaning
- Feeling of not understanding soft
Understanding that reading means making meaning is the English-domain grounding of the universal habit of noticing when you don't understand
- Asking for Help hard
Noticing confusion and acting on it requires already knowing that asking for help is a valid response to being stuck
- Feeling of not understanding soft
Checking that a text makes sense while reading and self-correcting is the reading-domain form of the universal comprehension-monitoring habit
- Asking for Help hard
Noticing confusion and acting on it requires already knowing that asking for help is a valid response to being stuck
- Reading with Expression and Accuracy soft
Reading comprehension monitoring builds on earlier fluency skills
- Blending Sounds to Read Words soft
Blending helps attempt unfamiliar words but sight words bypass phonics
- Story Sequence and Central Message soft
Drawing inferences about motivations is enriched by the prior ability to understand and discuss the sequence of events and connections between them — inference relies on understanding what happened and in what order
- Main Topic of Informational Texts soft
Understanding main topic and key details of informational texts supports discussing how items of information are related
- Reading with Expression and Accuracy soft
Expressive reading supports comprehension of sequence and meaning
- Blending Sounds to Read Words soft
Blending helps attempt unfamiliar words but sight words bypass phonics
- Domain Vocabulary Across Subject Areas soft
Drawing inferences from complex texts requires academic vocabulary for reasoning about evidence and argument
- Discussing and Questioning New Words hard
Academic and domain-specific vocabulary acquisition builds on the habit of discussing word meanings and linking new vocabulary to known words
- Defining Words soft
Defining academic words requires the ability to define words by category and attribute
- How Many in Total? soft
Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Inferring Characters' Feelings and Motives hard
Evidence-based inference builds on KS2 drawing inferences from texts
- Predicting what happens next soft
Drawing inferences about characters' feelings and justifying them with evidence is enriched by prior experience predicting what might happen next — both require reading ahead of the literal text
- Reading between the lines hard
Inferring characters' feelings/motives with evidence builds on identifying key details and making simple inferences
- Self-Correcting While Reading soft
Inferring and justifying inferences with text evidence requires the metacognitive habit of checking that the text makes sense as you read — a reader who doesn't self-monitor will miss the cues on which inference depends
- Monitoring Comprehension soft
Self-correcting while reading requires the awareness that decoding correctly is not the same as understanding
- Feeling of not understanding soft
Noticing the decoding/understanding gap is the English-specific form of the universal comprehension-monitoring habit
- Asking for Help hard
Noticing confusion and acting on it requires already knowing that asking for help is a valid response to being stuck
- Reading for Meaning hard
Noticing the gap between decoding and understanding requires first having the foundational idea that reading means making meaning
- Feeling of not understanding soft
Understanding that reading means making meaning is the English-domain grounding of the universal habit of noticing when you don't understand
- Asking for Help hard
Noticing confusion and acting on it requires already knowing that asking for help is a valid response to being stuck
- Feeling of not understanding soft
Checking that a text makes sense while reading and self-correcting is the reading-domain form of the universal comprehension-monitoring habit
- Asking for Help hard
Noticing confusion and acting on it requires already knowing that asking for help is a valid response to being stuck
- Reading with Expression and Accuracy soft
Reading comprehension monitoring builds on earlier fluency skills
- Blending Sounds to Read Words soft
Blending helps attempt unfamiliar words but sight words bypass phonics
- Story Sequence and Central Message soft
Drawing inferences about motivations is enriched by the prior ability to understand and discuss the sequence of events and connections between them — inference relies on understanding what happened and in what order
- Main Topic of Informational Texts soft
Understanding main topic and key details of informational texts supports discussing how items of information are related
- Reading with Expression and Accuracy soft
Expressive reading supports comprehension of sequence and meaning
- Blending Sounds to Read Words soft
Blending helps attempt unfamiliar words but sight words bypass phonics
- Domain Vocabulary Across Subject Areas soft
Drawing inferences from complex texts requires academic vocabulary for reasoning about evidence and argument
- Discussing and Questioning New Words hard
Academic and domain-specific vocabulary acquisition builds on the habit of discussing word meanings and linking new vocabulary to known words
- Defining Words soft
Defining academic words requires the ability to define words by category and attribute
- How Many in Total? soft
Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- How Language Choices Affect the Reader hard
KS3 figurative language analysis extends KS2 evaluating how authors use figurative language
- Listening to Texts Read Aloud hard
Recognising literary language requires listening comprehension of stories/poetry
- How Many in Total? soft
Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Similes & Metaphors hard
Evaluating figurative language requires understanding similes and metaphors
- Expressive and Sensory Language soft
Literary language recognition provides context for understanding how similes and metaphors function within texts
- Listening to Texts Read Aloud hard
Recognising literary language requires listening comprehension of stories/poetry
- How Many in Total? soft
Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Literal vs Figurative Language hard
Identifying similes and metaphors requires the ability to distinguish literal from figurative language
- Expressive and Sensory Language hard
Distinguishing literal from nonliteral builds on recognising literary language and sensory words
- Listening to Texts Read Aloud hard
Recognising literary language requires listening comprehension of stories/poetry
- How Many in Total? soft
Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Shades of Meaning soft
Understanding figurative language connects to distinguishing shades of meaning
- How Many in Total? soft
Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Shades of Meaning hard
Synonym and antonym work builds on shades of meaning; learners must distinguish intensity gradations before systematically relating words through synonym/antonym relationships
- How Many in Total? soft
Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- How Language Choices Affect the Reader hard
KS3 figurative language nuance extends KS2 evaluating how authors use figurative language
- Listening to Texts Read Aloud hard
Recognising literary language requires listening comprehension of stories/poetry
- How Many in Total? soft
Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Similes & Metaphors hard
Evaluating figurative language requires understanding similes and metaphors
- Expressive and Sensory Language soft
Literary language recognition provides context for understanding how similes and metaphors function within texts
- Listening to Texts Read Aloud hard
Recognising literary language requires listening comprehension of stories/poetry
- How Many in Total? soft
Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Literal vs Figurative Language hard
Identifying similes and metaphors requires the ability to distinguish literal from figurative language
- Expressive and Sensory Language hard
Distinguishing literal from nonliteral builds on recognising literary language and sensory words
- Listening to Texts Read Aloud hard
Recognising literary language requires listening comprehension of stories/poetry
- How Many in Total? soft
Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Shades of Meaning soft
Understanding figurative language connects to distinguishing shades of meaning
- How Many in Total? soft
Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
- One-to-one counting hard
Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
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