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Spelling

Pupils will be taught to spell by:

• Segmenting spoken words into phonemes and representing these by graphemes, spelling many correctly
• Learning new ways of spelling phonemes for which 1 or more spellings are already known, and learn some words with each spelling, including a few common homophones
• Learning to spell common exception words
• Learning to spell more words with contracted forms
• Learning the possessive apostrophe (singular) [for example, the girl’s book]
• Distinguishing between homophones and near-homophones
• Adding suffixes to spell longer words including –ment, –ness, –ful, –less, –ly
• Applying spelling rules and guidance, as listed in English appendix 1
• Writing from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include words using the GPCs, common exception words and punctuation taught so far

Handwriting

Pupils should be taught to:

• Form lower-case letters of the correct size relative to one another
• Start using some of the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join letters and understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined
• Write capital letters and digits of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another and to lower-case letters
• Use spacing between words that reflects the size of the letters

 

Writing - composition

Pupils should be taught to:

• Develop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing by:
• Writing narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real and fictional)
• Writing about real events
• Writing poetry
• Writing for different purposes
• Consider what they are going to write before beginning by:
• Planning or saying out loud what they are going to write about
• Writing down ideas and/or key words, including new vocabulary
• Encapsulating what they want to say, sentence by sentence
• Make simple additions, revisions and corrections to their own writing by:
• Evaluating their writing with the teacher and other pupils
• Rereading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs to indicate time are used Correctly and consistently, including verbs in the continuous form
• Proofreading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation (for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly)
• Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear

 

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

Pupils should be taught to:

• Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English appendix 2 by:
• Learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly - see English appendix 2, Including full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks, commas for lists and apostrophes for contracted forms and the possessive (singular)
• Learn how to use:
• Sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command
• Expanded noun phrases to describe and specify [for example, the blue butterfly]
• The present and past tenses correctly and consistently, including the progressive form
• subordination (using when, if, that, or because) and co-ordination (using or, and, or but)
• The grammar for year 2 in English appendix 2
• Some features of written Standard English
• Use and understand the grammatical terminology in English appendix 2 in discussing their writing