1. Punctuation and Grammar
Literacy
Year 2 Summer 1
SpSs
Punctuation and Grammar
Revision of previous learning
Use of co-ordination (and, or, but)and sub-ordination (when, if, because, that)
Use the present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form
Weekly vocabulary challenges to practice spelling, punctuation and grammar
Spelling
Composition
the diagonal and horizontal
strokes needed to join letters
develop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing
re-reading to check that their writing makes sense and that verbs that indicate time are used correctly
and consistently
proof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation
Revision of previous learning
Adding er, est
Adding the suffixes –ment, -ness, -ful, - less and -ly
Plurals
Possessive apostrophe
Continue with Key Year 2 words – Common exception word focus
Vocabulary
Reading
Texts
Dinosaur Trouble. A mouse called Wolf, The Golden Goose
Revision of previous learning
Read aloud books matched to their improving phonic knowledge
Re-read books to build up fluency and confidence.
Answering and asking questions.
Discuss the sequence of events in books and how they are related
Making inferences
Spoken Language
Listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers.
Ask relevant questions
Become increasingly familiar with retelling familiar stories
Genre
Fiction, Non-fiction, poetry
Dick King Smith – author focus
Various animal information texts
Animal poems