Year 2 I can targets
Writing
I can spell and write words from Phase 6.
I can spell common exception words.
I can spell more words with contracted forms.
I can use the possessive apostrophe accurately.
Spelling
I can distinguish between homophones and near homophones.
I can add suffixes to spell longer words, including –ment, -ness, -ful, less, -ly.
I can use –ing, -ed, -er, and –est where no change is needed to the root
word.
I can write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that
include words using GPC’s and common exception words.
I can form lower case letters of the correct size relative to each other.
I can use some of the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join
Handwriting
letters.
I can understand which letters are best left unjoined.
I can write capital letters and digits of the correct size and orientation.
I can use spacing between words that reflects the size of the letters.
I can write narratives about personal experiences and those of others
(real and fictional).
I can write about real events.
I can write poetry.
I can write for different purposes.
I can plan or say out loud what I am going to write about.
Composition
I can write down ideas and/or key words, including new vocabulary.
I can encapsulate what I want to say, sentence by sentence.
I can evaluate my writing with the teacher and other pupils.
I can re-read my writing to check it make sense.
I can use verbs that indicate time correctly and consistently, including
verbs in the continuous form.
I can proof read my writing to check for errors in spelling, grammar and
punctuation.
I can use capital letters and full stops accurately.
I can use exclamation marks correctly.
I can use question marks correctly.
I can use commas in lists correctly.
I can use apostrophes for contracted and possessive (singular) form
correctly.
I can use sentences with different forms: statements, questions,
exclamations and commands.
I can expand noun phrases to describe and specify.
Vocabulary,
Grammar and
Punctuation
I can use present and past tenses correctly and consistently, including
the progressive form.
I can use subordination (using when, but, if, that or because) and
coordination (using or, and or but).
I can use some features of written standard English.
I can form nouns using suffixes such as -ness, -er and by compounding.
I can form adjectives using suffixes such as –ful, -less
I can use suffixes –er, and –est in adjectives and use –y in Standard
English to turn adjectives into adverbs.
I can use and understand the terminology: noun, noun phrase,
statement, question, exclamation, command, compound, suffix,
adjective, adverb, verb.