Year 2

Year 2 English

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• Make Inferencesmaking inferences from a story
• Recognise Literary Languagerhyming words and poems for kids
• Decode Wordsphonics long and short vowel sounds
• Add Suffixes To Wordsadding suffixes er est ful less ly
• Spell In New Wayshomophones and spelling patterns for kids
• Recall And Apply Year 2 Grammar Rulesnouns verbs adjectives and compound words
• Use Appropriate Punctuationcommas apostrophes and capital letters
• Expanded noun phrasesexpanded noun phrases with adjectives
• Use Past And Present Tensepast tense and present tense verbs
• Use Sentences With Different Formsstatements questions commands and exclamations
• Understand Non Fiction Textsnon-fiction texts and contents pages
• Plan Ideas And Vocabularyplanning a story writing ideas
• Clarify Word Meaningswords with similar meanings synonyms
• Read Accurately Words Of 2+ Syllablesrecognise and read words with two or more syllables
• Grapheme Awarenessletter sounds ph and wh
• Discuss Sequence In Textssequencing events in a story
• Recite By Heartlearning a poem by heart
• Improve Understanding Of Textsreading fables like the boy who cried wolf
• Predict Outcomes While Readingmaking predictions when reading a story
• Segment Into Phonemeslong vowel sounds and phonemes
• Spell Common Exception Wordscommon exception words spelling list
• Spell Contracted Wordswriting contractions with apostrophes
• Use Possessive Apostrophesapostrophes for possession
• Homophone Awarenesshomophones there their and they're
• Apply Spelling Rulesspelling rules for word endings
• Evaluate and Improve Writingediting and improving your writing
• Subordination Awarenessjoining sentences with subordinating conjunctions
• Starter Assessmentsyear 2 english assessment practice
• Read Aloudreading rhyming sentences aloud
• Improve Writing with Adverbs and Adventurous Wordsusing adverbs to improve writing
• Proofread For Errorsproofreading for spelling and punctuation mistakes