Grammar and Spelling
Curriculum information evening
English
Key Stage One – The Key Changes
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Only phonic reading strategies required
No specific mention of group work or drama strategies
Learning of poetry (including reciting poetry) introduced
Specific spellings, e.g. days of the week
Joined writing expected (Y2)
Proof-reading of own writing
Increased use of subordination (Y2)
Higher expectations of spelling, including from dictation
Writing Progression…
•  Focus of writing is more technical
•  Covers a wide range of genres including narrative, non-fiction and
poetry
Examples of some of the technical terms…
Technical terms…
Year One
word
sentence
letter
capital letter
full stop
punctuation
singular
plural
question mark
exclamation mark
Year Two
verb
adverb
tense (past, present)
adjective
noun
noun phrase
statement
question
exclamation
command
compound
suffix
apostrophe
comma
co-ordination and subordination
introduced
Common and Proper Nouns
Alphabet race – give a common and proper
noun for each letter.
A is for Archie, an amiable ant.
B is for Boris, a beautiful bear.
Noun Phrases
•  They label the world and bring it into being!
•  You know you have a noun phrase because it can be replaced by a pronoun.
Play NOUN TOWERS…
1) Start with a noun (ship)
2) Add determiner (the ship)
3) Add an adjective (the creaky ship)
4) Add a prepositional phrase (the creaky ship on the waves)
5) Add a subordinate clause (the creaky ship on the waves which
were rumbling)
Etc.
‘Add On’ using conjunctions
what – until – after – where – to – as soon as – as – when – that –
while – if – because – or – who – before – although – so - but –
though – as long as – as if – since – unless – whenever – whereas –
while
The troll waited patiently…
The Romans made mosaics…
Too much fat is bad for you…
Sentence Doctor
Basic editing and accuracy
After eating the pie they flew away.
The gloves what I got last week wont fit you.
Why don’t he want no pudding.
I seen him done it.
Will you pass sandwich to me.
Spot the sentence…
I like to banana
the dog is barking loudly
The old ate all the doughnuts.
Fish like in water.
The tractor was painted bright red
Change the mood – negative/positive adjectives
Barry stared at the _____burger. Outside the______
window, a _____ wind swept across the ______town.
_______cars purred by and on the _______ promenade,
______newspapers tumbled along, driven by the
______wind. The sea rolled up the ______ beach,
crashing against the ________ rocks that fringed the
_______ shoreline.
Phonics Year 1 - Letters and Sounds
Term
Definition
CVC
A consonant-vowel-consonant word, such
as cat, pin or top. You may also come across the
abbreviation CCVC for consonant-consonant-vowelconsonant words such as clap and from. Also CVCC for
words such as mask and belt.
Phoneme
The smallest unit of sound.
A digraph is two letters that make one sound e.g. /sh/
A trigraph is three letters that make one sound e.g. /ear/
Grapheme
Graphemes are the written representation of sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ksblMiliA8
NOTE: A national
screening check is
carried out at the end of
year 1.
Spelling and Grammar SATs KS1
•  Children taking Key Stage 1 SATs will sit three separate papers in grammar,
spelling and punctuation:
•  Paper 1: a grammar and punctuation written task, taking approximately 20
minutes. Children will be provided with a prompt and stimulus for a short piece of
writing, with a clear text type, audience and purpose. Handwriting will also be
marked.
•  Paper 2: a grammar, punctuation and vocabulary test, in two sections of around 10
minutes each (with a break between, if necessary). This will involve a mixture of
selecting the right answers e.g. through multiple choice, and writing short
answers.
•  Paper 3: a 20-word spelling test taking approximately 15 minutes
Circle the verbs in the sentence.
Yesterday was the school sports day and Joe wore her new
running shoes.
Why do the underlined words start with a capital letter?
King Fred had a party at Greystone Palace on Sunday
afternoon.
Any Questions?