Printable checklist

Year 5 English — what your child learns

These are the 42 English topics Year 5 covers on TheLearnDen, following the National Curriculum for England. Print the list, stick it on the fridge, and tick topics off as they come up. Each topic name matches its page on this site, where you will find checked videos, lessons, worksheets and practice. Many are free; any account or subscription requirement is shown before you open a resource.

• Distinguish Fact From Opinion
• Explore Meaning
• Identify Themes And Conventions
• Read And Discuss Texts
• Root Word Awareness
• Assess Effect And Meaning
• Consider Setting Atmosphere And Character
• Grammar And Vocabulary Awareness
• Plan What And Who To Write For
• Use A Dictionary
• Formal Speech Awareness
• Grammar Awareness
• Use Commas To Clarify
• Use Grammatical Terminology
• Draw Inferences About Texts
• Predict Story Development
• Identify And Summarise Main Ideas
• Identify Contributions To Meaning
• Discuss Author Language
• Retrieve And Record Information
• Justify Views
• Use Prefixes And Suffixes
• Spelling Awareness Words With Silent Letters [Eg Knight Psalm Solemn]
• Homophone Awareness
• Spelling Awareness Use Knowledge Of Morphology And Etymology In Spelling
• Structure Text To Guide Reader
• Assess Use Of Tenses
• Correct Subject And Verb Agreement
• Proofread Own Work For Errors
• Use Perfect Form Of Verbs
• Noun Phrase Awareness
• Modal Verb Awareness
• Relative Clause Awareness
• Use Hyphens To Clarify
• Parenthesis Awareness
• Back To School
• Core Subjects
• End Of Term 2
• End Of Term 3
• End Of Year
• End Of Term 1
• Topics

Topic order follows the site's Year 5 English listing. Schools teach topics in their own order, so treat this as a coverage map, not a timetable.