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

Follow a series of simple instructions correctly during independent sessions (teacher observation, self-assessment).

Give oral instructions to other members of a small group in the correct sequence during independent sessions (feedback from other children, self-assessment).

Identify key features of written instructions as part of shared and guided reading (teacher observation, self-assessment).

Phase 2

Write a simple sentence to give an instruction beginning with an imperative verb or a connective indicating the sequence of events such as first, next, then (paired response, self-assessment).

Phase 3

Write a sequence of instructions using consistent tense, detailed diagrams and numbers or words indicating chronological order (marking and feedback against agreed success criteria).