Articulate their ideas and thoughts in well-formed sentences
Connect one idea or action to another using a range of connectives
Describe events in some detail
Use talk to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities, and to explain how things work and why they might happen
Develop social phrases
Engage in story times
Listen to and talk about stories to build familiarity and understanding
Retell a story, as exact repetition and in their own words
Listen to and talk about selected non-fiction to develop a deep familiarity with new knowledge and vocabulary
Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary
Offer explanations for why things might happen, making use of recently introduced vocabulary from stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems when appropriate
Express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using full sentences, including use of past, present and future tenses and making use of conjunctions, with modelling and support from their teacher