Full stops KS1 LKS2 NTP Lessons & Exercises

Suitable for half a term to a term’s work, depending on starting point & understanding of pupils - you may need to track back and repeat at different points.

Lessons are in PowerPoint format, with a colour version for teaching and a black & white one for printing. Exercises are picked directly from the PowerPoint and condensed into a separate printable document.

Teaches full stops in four stages: 1) Writing lists. 2) Commas & and (coloured red) to separate items in a list. 3) and (coloured green) to add ideas. 4) ‘Green and’ & full stop to join and finish ideas.

Children will learn to:

• to use ‘and’ to join items in a list and to join ideas (sentences)
• avoid using ‘and’ to list ideas one after the other in their writing
• understand that finger spaces can be used only to separate words, not ideas
• to show completion of an idea with a full stop
• to show next idea with the first letter of the first word capitalised

Children are supported by concentrating the resources on the G in SPaG, avoiding any mention of Spelling. Sassoon font and colour coding are used throughout. Information is presented in a low-cognitive load context with familiar scenarios (sweets, toy shop, park, beach, school) and stories (Red Riding Hood etc).