Read with an adult. Take your time. You can say, point, draw or write your answer.
1 Let's look together
A story needs events in an order. First something happens. Then something else happens.
Say your story aloud before writing. Try three sentences. Read them back to check your reader can follow what happened.
First: The kite fell.Next: Jo picked it up.Last: Jo flew it again.
Look, point and talk with your adult.
2 Watch how I do it
I tell the kite story in order. I write each sentence with a capital and a full stop. I reread to check I did not miss an event.
3 Your turn
Which event in our kite story came before Jo flew it again?
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Let's check together
Jo picked it up.
4 Try it away from the page
Draw three story pictures of your own. Tell the story, write a sentence for each, and read it to someone.
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Adult notes · prerequisites, safety and coverage
Offer scribing or shared writing where needed. Use familiar events and whole stories heard together; writing quality is not measured by length alone.
Read instructions aloud. Word-reading practice must match the child's taught sounds. The phonics pages support, but do not replace, the school's systematic synthetic phonics programme. Shared stories are adult-read unless the child can decode them. Re-read and practise daily.
Say sentences before writing and sequence a short narrative.