| Literacy |
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Sentence Level Work:
These activities, linked to ‘good quality’ children’s books, help children to improve different aspects of sentence content. In doing so, children start thinking in terms of ‘super sentences’! Click here for a ‘prompt sheet’ of all the different Level 2/3 sentence level aspects taught during Year 2 Reading and Spelling Workshop lessons. |
| Spelling Paper 1 SAT’s |
Sample SAT’s Paper 2016 |
| Grammar Paper 2 SAT’s |
Sample SAT’s Paper 2016 |
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| Jack and the Beanstalk 1 |
Re-write these sentences to include more detail. |
| Jack and the Beanstalk 2 |
Add ‘alternatives for then’ into this dull version of the story! |
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Jim and the Beanstalk 1
Jim and the Beanstalk 1 |
Re-write these sentences to include adjectives (describing words). |
Jim and the Beanstalk 2
Jim and the Beanstalk 2 |
Re-write these sentences to include adjectives (describing words). |
| Jim and the Beanstalk 3 |
Add ‘alternatives for then’ into this dull version of story! |
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| Not Now Bernard 1 |
Re-write these sentences to include adjectives (describing words) and more information. |
| Not Now Bernard 2 |
Add ‘exciting adjectives’ into this dull version of the story! |
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| We’re Going On a Bear Hunt 1 |
Describe the story settings using exciting adjectives (describing words), adverbs (ending ‘_ly’) and sufficient information. |
| We’re Going On a Bear Hunt 2 |
Add ‘exciting adjectives’ and adverbs into this dull version of the story! |
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| The Tiger that Came to Tea 1 |
Modify these sentences to include adverbs. |
| The Tiger that Came to Tea 2 |
Add more interesting alternatives for ‘said’ into this dull version of the story! |
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| Little Lumpty 1 |
Re-write these sentences to include adjectives (describing words) and more information. |
| Little Lumpty 2 |
These sentences are only half-finished! Use a connective to finish them off! |
| Little Lumpty 3 |
Add more interesting alternatives for ‘went’ into this dull version of the story |
| Little Lumpty 4 |
Add connectives to join together the simple sentences in this dull version of the story! |
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| Bear Under the Stairs |
Remember the ‘Super Sentence Checklist’ to make these simple sentences more interesting! |
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| Princess Smartypants |
Use the connectives listed to join these sentences together. |
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| Where the Wild Things Are 1 |
Use some of the ‘magical’ phrases listed to create an atmosphere. |
| Where the Wild Things Are 2 |
Remember the ‘Super Sentence Checklist’ to make these simple sentences more interesting! |
| Where the Wild Things Are 3 |
Can you add embedded clauses in these sentences? |
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| Litter Survey 1 |
Linked to work in Science, children when on a litter survey around school. Use adverbs to show ‘how’ it all happened… |
| Litter Survey 2 |
Remember the ‘Super Sentence Checklist’ to make these simple sentences more interesting! |
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| Cinderella 1 |
Use noun phrases and ‘if/then’ clauses to invite Cinderella’s friend to come to her wedding. |
| Cinderella 2 |
Remember the ‘Super Sentence Checklist’ to make these simple sentences more interesting! |
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| Our Visit to The Chase 1 |
Re-write sentences about our Visit to the Chase to include: adjectives, adverbs, connectives and that/who/when clauses!
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| Our Visit to The Chase 2 |
| Describing our School |
Improve these sentences, using brackets (brackets!) and clauses to make sure you’ve included enough information. |
| George and the Dragon |
| Developing Comprehension Skills |
| Developing children’s ability to understand what’s happening within a text (i.e. to read “beyond the literal” and infer meaning) is just as important as teaching them how to spell words correctly. The below comprehensions give you examples of this. We’ve grouped them according to National Curriculum Levels. |
| Reading Paper 1 SATs |
Sample SAT’s Paper 2016 |
| Reading Paper 2 SATs |
Sample SAT’s Paper 2016 |
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| Comprehension at Level 2 |
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| Comprehension at Level 3 |
We’d normally expect Junior children to be developing Level 4 comprehension-skills |
| Comprehension at Level 4 |
| Numeracy |
‘Level 2 & 3′-style Maths Questions:
Although presented here as ‘test’-style questions, the below examples will help give you some indication of the range and depth of Maths subjects taught within a Year 2 classroom. They will help you correctly ‘pitch’ similar activities which you might devise when working with your child at home. |
| Maths Paper 1 SATs |
Arithmetic Sample Questions 2016 |
| Maths Paper 2 SATs |
Reasoning Sample Questions 2016 |
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| Number Work 1 |
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| Number Work 2 |
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| ‘Mental Maths’ 1 |
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| ‘Mental Maths’ 2 |
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| Money |
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| Handling Data |
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| Measuring |
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| Shape and Space |
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| Time |
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| Maths Testing Booklet |
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| Guidelines for Supporting Maths Work at Home |
