The National Curriculum 2014 has highlighted the importance of teaching children explicit knowledge of Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. Building this knowledge is best achieved through a focus on grammar within the teaching of reading, writing and speaking. Once pupils are familiar with a grammatical concept [for example ‘noun phrase’], they will be encouraged to apply and explore this concept in the grammar of their own speech and writing.
The table below shows the GPaS concepts introduced in Year 2:
| Word | Formation of nouns using suffixes such as –ness, –er and by compounding [for example, whiteboard, superman]
Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as –ful, –less (A fuller list of suffixes can be found in the year 2 spelling section in English Appendix 1) Use of the suffixes –er, –est in adjectives and the use of –ly in Standard English to turn adjectives into adverbs |
| Sentence | Subordination (using when, if, that, because) and co-ordination (using or, and, but)
Expanded noun phrases for description and specification [for example, the blue butterfly, plain flour, the man in the moon] How the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as a statement, question, exclamation or command |
| Text | Correct choice and consistent use of present tense and past tense throughout writing
Use of the progressive form of verbs in the present and past tense to mark actions in progress [for example, she is drumming, he was shouting] |
| Punctuation | Use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences
Commas to separate items in a list Apostrophes to mark where letters are missing in spelling and to mark singular possession in nouns [for example, the girl’s name] |
| Terminology for pupils | noun, noun phrase, statement, question, exclamation, command
compound, suffix, adjective, adverb, verb, tense (past, present), apostrophe, comma |
Spelling
Spelling in Year 2 is taken from the National Curriculum 2014. The table below lists the statutory requirements for the year group.
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Useful sites for spelling:
https://www.teachitprimary.co.uk/ks1-english/spelling-for-beginners/tags/3258
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=spelling%20activities%20KS1