With increasing independence and accuracy:
- Spell all commonly used words correctly by applying prior knowledge of spelling rules and strategies
- Spell less commonly used and technical words
- Use a wide range of punctuation
- Use more complex sentence structures
- Use paragraphs to separate ideas/events
- Use a wide variety of conjunctions/connectives to link ideas and joined sentences
- Proof read and edit writing
- Use linked, legible handwriting to present work attractively using appropriate forms of layout
