For further information, see the booklet Assessment for learning (Ref: 0521-2004) from Learning and teaching in the primary years http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/learning_and_teaching/1041163/.

Phase 1

Listen to poems and identify words and phrases that describe what we see, hear, feel (touch), small and taste during shared and guided reading (teacher observation, self-assessment).

Phase 2

Identify details of sensory experiences and select descriptive words and phrases (teacher observation, self-assessment).

Phases 3 and 4

Write suitable words and phrases to describe particular experiences (marking and feedback against agreed criteria).