Learning goals

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The supported learning goals are identified by mapping the product against the selected reference curriculum and soft skills definitions most relevant for the 21st century.

• Use a thesaurus.
• Practicing keyboard skills and touch typing
• Distinguishing between homophones and near-homophones.
• Add suffixes to spell longer words, including –ment, –ness, –ful, –less, –ly.
• Apply spelling rules and guidance, as listed in English Appendix 1.
• Use further prefixes and suffixes and understand how to add them (English Appendix 1).
• Spell further homophones.
• Spell words that are often misspelt (English Appendix 1).
• Spell some words with ‘silent’ letters [for example, knight, psalm, solemn].
• Continue to distinguish between homophones and other words which are often confused.
Use knowledge of morphology and etymology in spelling and understand that the spelling of some words needs to be learnt specifically, as listed in English Appendix 1.
Use dictionaries to check the spelling and meaning of words.
Practicing to take responsibility of one's own learning
Learning to find the joy of learning and new challenges
Learning the basics of spelling
Using technology as a part of explorative process
Enabling the growth of positive self-image
Practicing persistent working
Practicing to use foreign language as a communication tool
Practicing letters, alphabets and written language
Practicing memorizing skills
Practicing categorization and classification
Practicing to observe spoken and written language
Practising visual recognition
Learning to notice causal connections
Using dictionaries to check the meaning of words that they have read.
Apply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decode words.
Read common exception words, noting unusual correspondences between spelling and sound and where these occur in the word.
Read words containing taught GPCs and –s, –es, –ing, –ed, –er and –est endings.
Read other words of more than one syllable that contain taught GPCs.
Continue to apply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decode words until automatic decoding has become embedded and reading is fluent.
Read accurately by blending the sounds in words that contain the graphemes taught so far, especially recognising alternative sounds for graphemes.
Read accurately words of two or more syllables that contain the same graphemes as above.
Read words containing common suffixes.
Read further common exception words, noting unusual correspondences between spelling and sound and where these occur in the word.
Read further exception words, noting the unusual correspondences between spelling and sound, and where these occur in the word.
Apply their growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes (etymology and morphology) as listed in English Appendix 1, both to read aloud and to understand the meaning of new words they meet.
Apply their growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes (morphology and etymology), as listed in English Appendix 1, both to read aloud and to understand the meaning of new words that they meet.
Spelling words containing each of the 40+ phonemes already taught.
Spelling common exception words.
Using –ing, –ed, –er and –est where no change is needed in the spelling of root words [for example, helping, helped, helper, eating, quicker, quickest].
Apply simple spelling rules and guidance.
Using the prefix un–.
Using the spelling rule for adding –s or –es as the plural marker for nouns and the third person singular marker for verbs.
Using letter names to distinguish between alternative spellings of the same sound.
Spelling segmenting spoken words into phonemes and representing these by graphemes, spelling many correctly.
Learning new ways of spelling phonemes for which one or more spellings are already known, and learn some words with each spelling, including a few common homophones.
Learning to spell common exception words.
Learning to spell more words with contracted forms.
Practicing to evaluate one's own learning
Practicing fine motor skills
Form lower-case letters of the correct size relative to one another.
Start using some of the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join letters and understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined.
Learning about different languages
Write capital letters and digits of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another and to lower case letters.
Encouraging the growth of positive self-image
Begin to form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place.
Form capital letters.
Increase the legibility, consistency and quality of their handwriting [for example, by ensuring that the downstrokes of letters are parallel and equidistant; that lines of writing are spaced sufficiently so that the ascenders and descenders of letters do not touch].
Use the diagonal and horizontal strokes that are needed to join letters and understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined.
Learning to understand and interpret diverse types of texts
Developing problem solving skills
Learning to find solutions in social conflicts
Learning to recognise and evaluate arguments and their reasonings
Practicing to notice causal connections
Practicing to create questions and make justifiable arguments based on observations
Practicing to look things from different perspectives
Practicing to plan and execute studies, make observations and measurements
Practicing strategic thinking
Practicing to find ways of working that are best for oneself
Practicing to set one's own learning goals
Creating requirements for creative thinking
Practicing creative thinking
Practicing to improvise
Encouraging students to be innovative and express new ideas
Practicing to work with others
Practicing to use imagination and to be innovative
Practicing to use arts as a way to express
Practicing to use imagination and to be innovative
Practicing to argument clearly own opinions and reasonings
Learning to listen other people’s opinions
Learning decision-making, influencing and accountability
Practicing communication through different channels
Learning to understand the meaning of rules, contracts and trust
Practicing to express own thoughts and feelings
Practicing to give, get and reflect feedback
Encouraging positive attitude towards working life
Learning to use foreign language in work context
Practicing time management
Learning consumer knowledge and smart economics
Learning to plan and organize work processes
Practicing decision making
Practicing versatile ways of working
Connecting subjects learned at school to skills needed at working life
Realizing the connection between subjects learned in free time and their impact to skills needed at worklife
Learning to know and respect human rights
Learning to face respectfully people and follow the good manners
Learning to understand people, surroundings and phenomenons around us
Getting familiar with different cultures
Supporting student to build their own linguistic and cultural identity
Encouraging to build new information and visions
Learning about cultural aspects and to respect different cultures
Learning about different countries and their characteristics
Practicing to notice causal connections
Learning to build information on top of previously learned
Encouraging to build new information and visions
Learning to combine information to find new innovations
Practicing to notice links between subjects learned
Learning to face failures and disappointments
Practicing to recognize and express feelings
Recognizing habits that are good for sustainable living
Supporting the growth of environmental awareness
Practicing to take care of one's own wellbeing and health
Practicing to take care of one's own and other people’s safety
Practicing to take care of own and other people’s safety
Building common knowledge of technological solutions and their meaning in everyday life
Using technology resources for problem solving
Understanding technological system operations through making
Using technology as a part of explorative and creative process
Using technological resources for finding and applying information
Understanding and practicing safe and responsible uses of technology
Practicing logical reasoning, algorithms and programming through making
Using technology for interaction and collaboration
Using technology to express one’s emotions and experiences
Using technology for interaction and collaboration (also internationally)
Practicing to use information independently and interactively
Practicing to find, evaluate and share information
Learning to view and consider media and advertising critically
Familiarizing with the influences of media and understanding its affordances
Learning to plan and design own written content and textual representations
Practicing logical reasoning to understand and interpret information in different forms
Learning to understand and interpret diverse types of texts, from vernacular to academic
Experiencing and exploring sounds and music from different sources
Understanding concepts of music and familiarizing with different notations
Using technology as a part of explorative and creative process
Understanding and interpreting of matrices and diagrams
Learning to acquire, modify and produce information in different forms
Practising to understand visual concepts and shapes and observe their qualities
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