Year 2 Information Evening July 2019

Our Aims To reassure you that your children will be fine. Give a brief outline of the KS1 Year 2 curriculum. Provide information about Maths and English. The children are used to the Tavistock ways by now so moving into Y2 should not be a shock. Yes, the expectations of the curriculum will move on but we never forget to make sure that the children’s emotional wellbeing is secure. There will be homework but the children will not be ‘swamped’ because we recognise many children do a lot of after school activities BUT we do need support from home because we only have the children in class 5 hours per day and can’t do absolutely everything…you are also key to your child’s progress. Topics this year are FIRE AND PLAGUE, DINOSUARS AND HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW.

The Year 2 English Curriculum Speaking and listening Phonic /grammar sessions Guided reading Spelling English lessons – 2/3 week units of work Grammar – suffixes, tenses, apostrophes – 4 times weekly CEWs - grammar lesson words - ment words, contractions, weekly test on Friday Rules – Reading journals

End of Year Expectations Read accurately most words of two or more syllables. Read most words containing common suffixes. Read most common exception words. In age-appropriate books, the pupil can: read words accurately and fluently without overt sounding and blending, e.g. at over 90 words per minute; sound out most unfamiliar words accurately, without undue hesitation. In a familiar book that they can already read accurately and fluently, the pupil can: check it makes sense to them; answer questions and make some inferences on the basis of what is being said and done.

Example of Reading Book Look for grammar examples e.g. it’s Retrieval of info Prediction inference

End of Year Expectations The pupil can, after discussion with the teacher: • write simple, coherent narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real or fictional) • write about real events, recording these simply and clearly • demarcate most sentences in their writing with capital letters and full stops, and use question marks correctly when required • use present and past tense mostly correctly and consistently • use co-ordination (e.g. or / and / but) and some subordination (e.g. when / if / that / because) to join clauses • segment spoken words into phonemes and represent these by graphemes, spelling many of these words correctly and making phonically-plausible attempts at others • spell many common exception words* • form 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.

Year 2 Common Exception Words door floor poor because find kind mind behind child children wild climb most only both old cold gold hold told every everybody even great break steak who pretty beautiful after fast last past father class grass pass plant path bath hour move prove improve sure sugar eye clothes could should would any whole many busy people water again half money Mr Mrs parents Christmas  

Example of Writing Point out: range of sentence types : exclamation, question etc Grammatically accurate sentences and co-ordination and subordination Range of punctuation Spelling – phonics and CEWS Expanded noun phrases Contractions and use of apostrophes handwriting

Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation Talk about this not in terms of a test but the level of grammatical knowledge that children need

Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation

Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation

Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation

How can you help your child? Read, read and read some more! Read a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts. Use punctuation to aid fluency, accuracy and expression. Reinforce grammar vocabulary from Year 1 when reading: noun, adjective & verb. Look out for exciting vocabulary and description. Highest possible attendance and good punctuality.

The Year 2 Maths Curriculum Number and Place Value Number in Addition and Subtraction Number in Multiplication and Division Number in Fractions Measurement Geometry – Properties of Shapes Geometry – Position, Direction and Movement Statistics Maths lessons – a learning journey over a few days Underlying aims Pupils should become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics so that they develop conceptual understanding and the ability to recall and apply knowledge rapidly and accurately. Pupils should develop the ability to reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical language. Pupils should be able to solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of routine and non-routine problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into a series of simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions.

Approaches to teaching Whole class teaching with elements of mental and oral fluency reasoning challenges focused teaching intervention if necessary practising, consolidating and applying skills thinking deeper or in a more open-ended way self-evaluation

Try this – what’s my secret number? My number is > 75 but < 100. It is not an odd number. It is a multiple of 5. It has an odd number of tens. The sum of its two digits is 9.

Number and Place Value Count in steps of 2, 3, and 5 from 0, and in tens from any number, forward and backward. Recognize the place value of each digit in a two-digit number. Identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations, including the number line. Compare and order numbers from 0 up to 100; use < > and = signs. Read and write numbers to at least 100 in numerals and in words. Use place value and number facts to solve problems.

Addition and Subtraction Add and subtract numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally, including:  a two-digit number and ones;  a two-digit number and tens;  two two-digit numbers;  adding three one-digit numbers. Show that addition of two numbers can be done in any order (commutative) and subtraction of one number from another cannot. Recognize and use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction and use this to check calculations and solve missing number problems. Commutativity - changing the order of the operands does not change the result

Multiplication and Division Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 2, 5 and 10 multiplication tables, including recognizing odd and even numbers. Calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division within the multiplication tables and write them using the multiplication (×), division (÷) and equals (=) signs. Show that multiplication of two numbers can be done in any order and division of one number by another cannot. Solve problems involving multiplication and division, using materials, arrays, repeated addition, mental methods, and multiplication and division facts, including problems in contexts.

Fractions Recognize, find, name and write fractions 1/3, 1/4, 2/4 and 3/4 of a length, shape, set of objects or quantity. Write simple fractions e.g. 1/2 of 6 = 3 and recognize the equivalence of 1/2 and 2/4.

The arithmetic test

The reasoning test

Measures Choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction (m/cm); mass (kg/g); temperature (°C); capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit, using rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring vessels. Compare and order lengths, mass, volume/capacity and record the results using >, < and = Recognize and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value; find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money. Solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change. Compare and sequence intervals of time; know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day. Tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times.

Properties of Shape and Position, Direction and Movement Identify and describe the properties of 2-D shapes, including the number of sides and line symmetry in a vertical line. Identify and describe the properties of 3-D shapes, including the number of edges, vertices and faces. Identify 2-D shapes on the surface of 3-D shapes e.g. a circle on a cylinder and a triangle on a pyramid. Compare and sort common 2-D and 3-D shapes and everyday objects. Order and arrange combinations of mathematical objects in patterns and sequences. Use mathematical vocabulary to describe position, direction and movement, including movement in a straight line and distinguishing between rotation as a turn and in terms of right angles for quarter, half and three-quarter turns (clockwise and anti-clockwise).

Statistics Interpret and construct pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and simple tables. Ask and answer simple questions by counting the number of objects in each category and sorting the categories by quantity and by totalling and comparing categorical data.