Teach the Year 1 Autumn SPaG curriculum through nine carefully sequenced lessons that introduce the foundations of sentence writing, punctuation and early grammar. Across the term, pupils learn about finger spaces, capital letters, full stops, question marks, using and to join words, and forming regular plural nouns using -s and -es.
Start with the Year 1 Autumn lesson plans and rationale for an overview of the teaching sequence and guidance for each lesson. You’ll also find differentiated lesson resources, assessments and progression documents throughout the term, plus a linked Year 1 Autumn spelling strand with weekly spelling lists, dictation tasks and supporting resources.
The Autumn term is the first part of our complete Year 1 SPaG scheme. Explore the full Year 1 page to see how grammar, punctuation and spelling knowledge develops across the Autumn, Spring and Summer terms.
Follow the nine small-step lessons below to teach the complete Year 1 Autumn SPaG sequence. Each lesson builds on previous learning, helping pupils develop sentence writing, punctuation and grammar skills step by step.
Use these supporting documents alongside the Year 1 Autumn SPaG lessons to plan the term, check starting points and review progress. The lesson plans and rationale explain the teaching sequence, while the baseline assessment, end of term assessment, tracker and overview help you monitor coverage across the Autumn term.
Every term of our Year 1 SPaG scheme is supported by a dedicated spelling strand, designed to be taught alongside the grammar and punctuation lessons. The Year 1 Autumn spelling sequence helps pupils build confidence with common exception words and early spelling patterns while reinforcing the phonics knowledge taught in class.
The Autumn spelling collection includes a term overview and rationale, weekly spelling resources, dictation tasks and handwriting sheets, making it easy to teach spelling alongside the Autumn SPaG lesson sequence.
During the Autumn term, pupils learn how words combine to make sentences before progressing to finger spaces, capital letters, full stops, question marks, the personal pronoun I, using and to join words, and forming regular plural nouns using -s and -es.
Yes. Every lesson is carefully planned around the National Curriculum English Appendix 2 objectives and follows a small-step progression to build pupils’ grammar, punctuation and spelling knowledge throughout the term.
Each lesson pack includes interactive teaching slides, a practical activity and differentiated worksheets, making it easy to teach each objective with confidence.
Yes. The Autumn term includes a baseline assessment, an end of term assessment and an assessment tracker to help monitor pupils’ progress across the scheme.
Yes. Every term in our Year 1 SPaG scheme is supported by a dedicated spelling strand with a term overview, weekly spelling resources, dictation tasks and handwriting sheets, designed to complement the SPaG lessons.
Yes. The worksheets are labelled with the small step rather than the year group, making them suitable for mixed-age teaching, intervention and SEND support where appropriate.
