Spelling, Reading and Grammar Workshop - 29th September
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Year 2 Reading, GPS and
Handwriting Evening
Mrs Keogh and Mr Herring
New Curriculum
Second year of being assessed on new
curriculum for year 2
Will include a compulsory Spelling,
Punctuation and Grammar (SPAG) test in
May (if government does not accidentally
leak it again!)
Reading – word reading
Pupils should be taught to:
Continue to apply phonic knowledge and skills to decode
words until reading is fluent
Read accurately by blending the sounds in words
Read accurately words containing two or more syllables
Read words containing common suffixes
Read further common exception words (high frequency
words)
Read most words quickly and accurately without
sounding (high frequency words)
Read books aloud, sounding out without hesitation
Re-read books to build up fluency and confidence
Reading – comprehension
Information retrieval
Inference
Book talk - author’s intention, language used for effect,
layout
Creative Questioning
Themes and Conventions
Bug Club
Spelling
Learn spelling rules
Plurals – add s, es (if word ends in s, x, z), take of the y
and add ies
Doubling consonant before adding suffix eg jogging,
swapping, travelling
-ge and –dge (badge, age)
Rule – short vowel sounds are followed by ‘dge’ eg badge,
dodge, judge; long vowel sounds are followed by ‘ge’ eg
cage, age, huge
J before ‘a’, ‘o’, ‘u’ eg jam, jog, junction
G ‘before’ ‘e’ , ‘i’, ‘y’ eg gem, giraffe, gym
Homophones, contracted forms, possessive apostrophe
Grammar
Prefix un Suffix –er, -s and –es (plurals), -est, -ed, -ing, -ly, ment, -less, -ful
Need to know the words adjective, adverb, verb, tense
(past and present), apostrophe, comma, compound,
suffix, noun, noun phrase, statement, question,
exclamation, command, subordinate clause
Word Classes
Every word belongs to a word class which summarises the
ways in which it can be used in grammar. The major word
classes for English are: noun, verb, adjective, adverb,
preposition, determiner, pronoun, conjunction. Word classes
are sometimes called ‘parts of speech’.
Adjective
Describing word before noun or after a verb
Noun
people, places or things
Verb
often an action, can have a tense
Adverb
time, manner (often ending ‘ly) or place
Conjunction
Links two words or phrases together
Colour Coding
The old man quickly ran to the shop because he needed
some milk.
Handwriting
At St John’s we use the Nelson handwriting script. All
letters start from the top except d and e. These two
letters start from the middle. Capital letters can start
from anywhere but most people find it convenient to
start from the top. Capital letters should be the same
height as ascenders. Ascenders include: b, d, f, h, k, l.
The letter ‘t’ is not as high as an ascender. It is about
three quarters as high. The letters f, g, j, p, q, y are
descenders. The technical name for the tail that goes
below the line is a ‘flourish’. The cross stroke of the ‘t’
and ‘f’ should be the same height as the other lower
case letters.
Handwriting joins
Letters that end at the top are joined horizontally: f, o, r,
t, v, w, x
Letters that end at the bottom are joined diagonally: a,
c, d, e, h, i, k, l, m, n, u
Letters that are not joined include: b, g, j, p, s, q, y, z
These are not joined because they end in the opposite
direction (left) to the direction of writing (right)
In general, children who feel good about their
handwriting are far more motivated to write. Reluctant
writers often have poor handwriting and often have a
poor self-image of themselves as writers. Children who
have neat cursive writing are often better at spelling
than those with poor handwriting or those who print.
Underachievement in any curriculum area that involves
writing can often be the result of poor handwriting.