SPAGhetti surprise parent workshop
Thursday 17th November 2016
Welcome Pre Workshop Questionnaire
• How do you feel?
• What do you want to find out? What is SP&G?
Using rules, patterns and phonics knowledge to form words with the correct letters in the correct order.
Special symbols that help make our writing make sense.
Spelling
Punctuation
Grammar
Rules about how words change their form and join with other words to make sentences.
How is it taught at Sea Mills?
• Weekly set spelling lists with an exploration of spelling rules and time to practise • Discrete sessions on grammar
• Taught in English lessons setting a context and purpose for using it
• Practised in writing across the curriculum e.g. writing a diary entry as Samuel Pepys in the Great Fire of London
Why is SP&G so important?
SP&G are essential tools in helping us to write sentences and texts that make sense and flow well. Once we have these tools, we have more control of what we write as well as choice over the language
we use. This helps us to write for a specific audience and purpose in mind.
How is it assessed?
Weekly spelling tests
Ongoing assessments by the class teacher
Feedback to and from children in response to work they have written
Year 2 and Year 6 SATs
What are the expectations around spelling throughout the school?
Spelling
• Children move from using their knowledge of phonics to spelling rules
• Children learn common expcetion words (tricky words) that don’t follow a rule or pattern e.g. love, come, some, one, once
• Children in years 3 and 4 and years 5 and 6 learn to spell words from a given word list. The lists are a mixture of words pupils frequently use in their writing and those which they often misspell.
What are the expectations around grammar & punctuation throughout the school?
Year 1
letter
capital letter
singular
plural punctuation
question mark word
sentence full stop
exclamation mark
Year 2
noun
noun phrase statement
question
exclamation command
compound
suffix
adverb
adjective verb
tense (past, present)
apostrophe comma
Year 3
adverb
preposition
conjunction word family prefix clause
subordinate clause direct speech
consonant consonant letter vowel
vowel letter inverted commas (or ‘speech marks’)
Adverbs
Adverbs are describing words and give added meaning to verbs, adjectives, another adverb or another clause.
It endlessly rained last summer.
It’s really raining now.
It often rains in the autumn. It rained extremely powerful.
Usually, it rains more in the winter. Prepositions Year 4
determiner pronoun
possessive pronoun adverbial
Pronouns Amanda waved to Michael.
She waved to him. John’s mother is over there. His mother is over there.
Simon is the person: Simon broke it. He is the one who broke it.
ISPACE
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Play speaking and listening and writing games
Make lists
Play countdown Guess who? Taboo/riddle Make words with alphabetti spaghetti Write words in sand or playdough
Make words out of pipe cleaners
Question your child on the sentences they write in order to prompt them to extend their ideas. • Use post it notes to label objects e.g. with a noun (table), with a expanded noun phrase (old, wooden table with crooked legs) or with prepositions (The old, wooden table with cooked legs is beside the sofa).
Post Workshop Questionnaire
• Have your questions been answered?