Three days of worksheets based on adjectives - link with The Little Red Hen talk 4 Writing.
1 - adjectives colour
2 - adjectives size
3 - Sentences with adjectives (story map pics for LRH)
An Excel spreadsheet with a tab for each year group, with the Science units on each. Simply add the name of the children and colour code their assessment for an easy visual assessment resource.
A unit of work based around the book ‘Meerkat Mail’ - letter writing focus.
Includes resources to support such as powerpoint with pictures of Sunny visiting Coventry (local area), planning, sentences activities, model text letter written by us Year 2 teachers.
The Flower by John Light Year Two Guided Reading Pack
Includes:
Typed extract for children to read from The Flower by John Light with key vocabulary highlighted
Key vocabulary - for display
Key vocabulary word meanings - for display
Key vocabulary on flash cards
Word meanings on flash cards
Retrieval questions linked to the text
A week’s resources based on ‘Gorilla’ by Anthony Browne.
Includes:
*Typed extract from the book
*Extract with key vocab highlighted
*Key Vocab words and meanings flash cards for display
Weekly plan
*Summary Task
*Inference and Prediction Task
A week’s guided reading for 30 minute slots based around Emily Brown and the Thing by Cressida Cowell.
Includes:
*Typed extract with key vocabulary highlighted
*Key Vocab words and definitions flash cards for display
*Prediction activity
*Set of SATs style questions
*Rough daily plan
A unit of English work based around ‘Katie in London’. We have re-written the story and focused the unit around Talk for Writing, allowing the children to be able to write their own Adventure Story. Written to include key statements for end of Year 2. Three week block.
Includes:
*Typed story - one EXS version and one GD version.
*Boxing Up plans (EXS and GD)
*Detailed plan containing EXS (purple) and GD (red)
*ActivInspire flip charts to support
*Conjunction activities
Traction Man by Mini Grey Year 2 Guided Reading Pack
Includes:
Traction Man extract for children to read during guided reading
Traction Man extract with key vocabulary highlighted
Key vocabulary flash cards - flash cards/display
Key vocabulary meanings - flash cards/display
Weekly plan
Prediction activity
Sequencing activity
A non-chronological report based on ‘Aliens Love Underpants’ unit of work. Year 2. Based on Talk for Writing.
Includes:
*Non-Chronological Report model text written by us
*Plan
*ActivInspire Flipchart
*Boxing up grids
*Question activity
*Colours activity
A week’s guided reading for 30 minute slots based around Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper. Based mostly on fluency.
Includes:
*Typed extract with key vocabulary highlighted
*Detailed plan
*Key Vocab words and definitions flash cards for display
*Fluency activity
*Alphabet activity (children write different punctuation in between the alphabet and practie reading it using the punctuation)
A week’s resources based on ‘Amazing Grace’ by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Birch
Includes:
*Typed extract from the book with key vocab highlighted
*Key Vocab words and meanings flash cards for display
‘Silly sentence’ fluency activity
*Punctuation activity (Children insert punctuation to the alphabet and practise reading it with the punctuation)
A block of 3 or 4 weeks work on a suspense story called The Black Hole pitched at Year Two level with differentiated work.
After being unable to find a suspense text this has been written by Year Two staff with the Year Two curriculum in mind.
A range of planning including all plans, resources and flip charts.
Examples include - links to a a poetry unit, links to guided reading activities and a FULL range of differentiated English resources.
Children did learn this text in the style of Pie Corbett but it could be used with or without this.
A week’s guided reading for 30 minute slots based around Paper Planes by Jim Helmore. End of Year 1/Beginning of Year 2.
Includes:
*PDF extract
*Detailed Plan
*Vocabulary activity using key words from text
*Inference Questions
*Prediction Task
Dr Xargles book of Earthlets by Jean Willis Guided Reading pack Year 2
Includes:
Typed extract of the book for the children to read
Key vocabulary and meanings for display/flash cards
Definitions (dictionary) activity