Welcome to Spelling, Grammar
and Punctuation
Tuesday 2nd February 2016
Aims of the session:
o SPAG national expectations.
o How we are teaching grammar.
o How we are teaching spelling.
o How to help at home.
Warm up
Horse
Bullseye
Fearless
Fearless
Fearless
Fearless
into
O Fearless
into the
O Fearless
into the
O
O
O
O
O
O
Bullseye
Bullseye leapt
Bullseye leapt bravely
Bullseye leapt bravely
Bullseye leapt bravely
Bullseye leapt bravely
face of danger
Warm up
Horse - noun
Bullseye - proper noun
Fearless Bullseye - adjective
Fearless Bullseye leapt - verb
Fearless Bullseye leapt bravely
Fearless Bullseye leapt bravely
preposition
O Fearless Bullseye leapt bravely
determiner
O Fearless Bullseye leapt bravely
of danger - phrase
O
O
O
O
O
O
- adverb
into into the into the face
A closer look at SPAG: the range of
things the new SPAG curriculum
assesses
O Grammatical knowledge
O Standard English (so still grammar)
O Punctuation
O Spelling knowledge i.e. not just how to spell but
understanding how spellings are built based on
meaning (morphology) and ‘word families’
O Vocabulary more generally e.g. synonyms
O Application of grammar and function of grammatical
word classes
Punctuation in KS1:
What is being tested is what is taught in
the new curriculum
O Commas in lists
O Spotting when a question mark is needed
O Apostrophes for contracted forms e.g. I’ll (I will) it’s (it
is)
O Apostrophes for possession. Be careful of the
possessive pronoun, its e.g. The cat was beautiful. Its
coat was grey.
O Deciding where to put a full stop
O Capital letters for names, places, days of the week
(proper nouns)
Some example punctuation questions
Some example punctuation questions
Punctuation in KS2:
What is being tested is what is taught in
the new curriculum
Years 3 and 4
O Using commas after fronted adverbials
O Indicating possession by using the possessive
apostrophe with plural nouns
O Using and punctuating direct speech (inverted
comma, speech mark use)
Years 5 and 6
O Brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis
O Use of commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity
O Use of the semi-colon, colon and dash to mark the
boundary between independent clauses [for example,
It’s raining; I’m fed up]
O Use of the colon to introduce a list and use of semicolons within lists
O Punctuation of bullet points to list information
O How hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity [for
example, man eating shark versus man-eating shark, or
recover versus re-cover]
Some example punctuation
questions
Some example punctuation
questions
A few moments to look at new test
materials for KS1 and KS2 and discuss.
Some key points
O The vocabulary has changed – we all need to
become familiar with new terminology. E.g speech
marks are called inverted commas.
O Try to use correct grammar at home – if you speak
it correctly you are more likely to write it correctly.
O Be grammar police – pick up incorrect grammar,
your child should be encouraged to do that to you
too.
O Spot mistakes in the real world, this will reinforce
what the children know.
How are we teaching grammar
in school?
o New yearly expectations built into planning – look in
your pack for examples of these.
o Grammar is taught as part of our daily literacy
lessons and as stand alone lessons.
o Y2 and Y6 – lessons which allow them to become
familiar with the test format.
How can we help at home?
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/reading-site/experthelp/grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-made-easy?region=uk
O By example
O
O
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/reading/at-school/ks2sats?region=uk
O Help your kids with spelling and grammar – Carol
Vorderman
O Oxford Reading Tree: Read with Biff, Chip and Kipper: My
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Kit
Top tips for practising grammar
at home: KS1
O Look at the punctuation when reading with your child and talk
about what it’s telling you to do.
O Play odd one out games. E.g. 4 words, one is a verb 3 are
adjectives.
O Play a guessing game using adjectives – your child has to
describe something to you using adjectives - reverse role with
your child.
O Talk about question marks and question words: Could you, can
you, would you. You give the question, the children turns it into
a command like captains orders:
E.G
Question: Will you climb the rigging?
Command: Climb the rigging.
Top tips for practising grammar
at home: KS2
O Play the sentence game. Take it in turns to add words to a
sentence whoever finishes the sentence loses. This encourages
use of conjunctions.
O Tackle apostrophes. Start with contractions, show children most
common words and cross out the letters that are replaced by the
apostrophe. When they really confident with these move onto
possession.
O Look through books and newspapers and look for different types
of nouns. Proper nouns – look for capital letters. Regular nouns
too.
O Finish it: Give your child the choice of two pronouns
E.G us or we “Is that for…” they or them “ Don’t give the cake to…”
Spelling 2015/6: What it looks like?
EYFS and Y1: Continue with phonics and red words– add a
spelling element to phonics sessions and within the regular literacy lessons.
Y1: New curriculum spelling patterns to be taught in term 5/6.
Y2-Y6: Weekly spelling lessons using RWI spelling programme
with some morning starter follow ups.
Removal of weekly tests, more of a focus on application of
spelling patterns being used in daily writing.
Spelling to have a higher profile in the classroom. Children to be
spotted spelling. Resources in classroom such as complex sounds
chart, personal spelling dictionaries from Y2.
Spelling patterns for each year
group
http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/18288/1/English_Appendix
_1_-_Spelling.pdf
How can we help at home?
O Parents’ Guide to Spelling on website – lots of ideas
on here.
O Practise red words and year specific spelling lists.
O Give your child lots of praise when they are being
successful or at least trying, rather than always
spotting their mistakes.
Any questions?
Fank you for
coming tonite and
giving up you’re
time?