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Year 2 Reading Busy Book

Name: ________________

Page Statement Completed?

Working Towards

3 To read accurately by blending the sounds in words that contain □the common graphemes for all 40+ phonemes.

4 To read accurately some words with two or more syllables. □

5 To read many common exception words. □

6 To sound out and read many words quickly and accurately. □

7 To answer questions and make simple inferences. □

Expected

8 To read accurately most words with two or more syllables. □

9 To read words containing common suffixes. □

10 To read most common exception words. □

11 To read accurately by blending the sounds in words. □

12 To answer questions and make some inferences. □

13 To explain what has happened so far. □

Greater Depth

14 To make inferences. □

15 To make plausible predictions. □

16 To make links between books. □

Date: ___________________________

To read accurately by blending the sounds in words.

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Read these words out loud:

Draw a line from each real word to the chest and each alien word to the spaceship.

fizz kleeb door flun chore hare shirt amesh

Date: ___________________________

To read accurately some words with two or more syllables.

Circle the number of syllables in each word:3

Circle all the words with the ee

digraph.

sheep

meat

keep

sweet

creak

snake

phonecrane

displayfeel

hair

shap churchlemon bliffvorck phonepear krobe

quazz charming

car

1 2 3 4

boat

1 2 3 4

helicopter

1 2 3 4bicycle

1 2 3 4

aeroplane

1 2 3 4

train

1 2 3 4

Colour the words with one syllable in red, two syllables in purple and three syllables in green.

children potato basketball pig happy

dog bike teacher triangle queen

even cinema zoo September doctor

cucumber butter butterfly banana van

Date: ___________________________

To read many common exception words.

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Circle all the words with two

syllables.

sheep

rainbow

slide

hamburger

curtain

snake

phonebutton

butterflytiger

table

Unscramble the letters and write the word underneath:

oord rM rsM__________________________

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ldo knid hwo__________________________

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Draw a line to match the word to the picture.

climbwhole

clothesChristmas

plant

Have a list of the common exception words in front of you.

write all the CEW that start with s write all the CEW that have <5 letters

Date: ___________________________

To sound out and read aloud many words quickly and accurately. Children should practise reading out these texts, using phonics to sound out unknown words.

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Dear Mr Broom,Thank you for booking your school trip to the zoo. We are open Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 9 o’clock. Please ask all children to bring a packed lunch. The coach will pick you up at 8 o’clock.Yours sincerely,Chloe Smith

How to Play SnapSplit a pack of fifty-two cards equally between 2, 3 or 4 players.

Each player puts a card down in the middle one at a time.

If the colour or number on the card matches, you put your hand on the pile and shout SNAP!

The player keeps the cards from the middle. The player with the most cards at the end wins.

Sponge Cake Recipe

Ingredients Equipment

125 grams of butter125g of caster sugar

2 medium eggs125g of self-raising

flour

two cake tinselectric whisk

sievebowl

Date: ___________________________

To answer questions and make simple inferences.

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What can you see in the picture?

Where do you think the boat is going?

Who might be onboard the boat?

What is happening in this picture?

How do you think the children are feeling? Howdo you know this?

Where has this picture been taken?

What is the weather like? How do you know this?

Date: ___________________________

To read accurately most words with two or more syllables.

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Circle the number of syllables in each word:

triangle

1 2 3 4

drum

1 2 3 4

guitar

1 2 3 4piano

1 2 3 4

trumpet

1 2 3 4

harmonica

1 2 3 4

Colour the words with one syllable in red, two syllables in purple and three syllables in green.

bacon bandana astronaut game pizza

cave name pumpkin octopus lake

pocket strawberry snake broccoli horrid

dinosaur Monday animal umbrella slug

Date: ___________________________

To read words containing common suffixes.

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Circle all the words with three

syllables.

eleven

rainbow

slide

hamburger

banana

snake

cucumber

buttonbutterfly

computer

table

Circle the correct suffix for each root word.

small -able -est -er -ful -less loud -able -est -er -ful -less

break -able -est -er -ful -less care -able -est -er -ful -less fear -able -est -er -ful -less joy -able -est -er -ful -less

read -able -est -er -ful -less young -able -est -er -ful -less

Draw a line to match the root word to the correct suffix.

free -estgreat -lygreat -ergrate -lessage -fulwork -sfriend -ed

Sort and write each word under the suffix it belongs to.

-ful -less -ment thankfulhandful

paymentmovemen

tharmlessshipmentamuseme

ntstatement

hopefulcolourful

carelessagreeme

ntfistfulcupful

fearlessthanklesslimitlessuseless

mouthfulargument

Date: ___________________________

To read most common exception words.

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Unscramble the letters and write the word underneath:

eenv dlwi ftrea__________________________

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stfa oulwd primveo__________________________

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Draw a line to match the word to the picture.

goldchildren

moneypath

eye

Have a list of the common exception words in front of you.

write all the CEW that start with b write all the CEW that have >5 letters

Date: ___________________________

To read accurately by blending the sounds in words.

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oa, ow and o-e

t o a d v s n o w mw s v p h b o n e xr o p e m s v t w ph v m t b o a t m xr o w p w i n d o wx v r o s e z v n rp s h v z r g o a lg o a t s w r p h nz m z t h r o w x mh n t v s m o k e s

Draw sound buttons under each of these words.

Write the missing sound from each of these words.

t__________th

sp_____d_______

________ur________ _______reele______on jigs________

cr_____n_______ fl_________t11

boat bone row

goat rope snow

goal rose throw

toad smoke window

chop singdart shocktwice gloomturn modeblast spray

Date: ___________________________

To answer questions and make some inferences.

The man jumped off the bus and ran towards the train station asfast as he could. What might be happening?

Circle the answer you think.

He is late for his train and worried he might miss it.

He was early for his train.

He didn’t pay for his bus ticket.

He is going on holiday to a hot country.

Dear Diary,I went to the zoo today and they let me feed Leo the Lion. My hands were shaking so much!

How does this character feel? Circle the answer.

excited

happy

nervous

sad

At the restaurant, the grandpa asked for some more spaghetti bolognese.

What might this mean? Circle the answer you think.

He is on a diet.

He is allergic to the food.

He is really hungry.

He is full up.

Date: ___________________________12

To explain what has happened so far.

Read this short story and then answer some questions about what you have read.

The Hare and The Tortoise

As usual, the hare was bragging to all the other animals about his speed. “I’m faster than the wind, quicker than nightfall,” he said. “No one has ever beaten me. No one ever will. I challenge any animal here to race me.” No one would accept the hare’s challenge. Until a voice was heard, “I will race you,” said the tortoise. “You!” said the hare, snickering. “Why, that’s a fine joke. I will dance around you all the way to the finish line!” “We’ll see about that,” said the tortoise quietly. “Shall we race?” The starting signal was given, and off went the tortoise and the hare.Almost at once, the hare darted over a hillside and was out of sight. The tortoise set off slowly, just plodding along. Soon the hare was way ahead of the tortoise. It was a hot day. He’d grown tired from running so fast. He thought about how far behind the tortoise would be by now. So the hare decided to take a little nap. On a soft, shady patch of grass, he curled up and went to sleep. Steadily, slowly, the tortoise kept plodding along. The sun fell lower in the sky. The shadows grew longer. The hare woke up and stretched. “I wonder where that silly tortoise is now,” he said to himself. “I had a great nap. I’ll bet the tortoise is still miles behind me.” The hare looked back down the road. Sure enough, there was no tortoise in sight. Then he looked up the road toward the finish line. Oh no! The tortoise, still plodding along, was now nearing the end of the race. Then the hare ran the fastest he ever had. But it was too late. The tortoise crawled across the finish line. All the animals shouted, “Tortoise won, tortoise won!” The hare couldn’t believe it. And the tortoise just smiled to himself!

What happened in the story?

Who were the main characters?

Date: ___________________________

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To make inferences.

After reading the story Little Red Riding Hood. What questions might you be asked about it?

Chloe had finally found a ladder to save the old cat from the tree. She could hear the cat hissing. Chloe put the ladder against the tree and started to climb it. As she was climbing the cat continued to hiss and it was arching its back almost trying to tell Chloe to go away. Chloe finally got near the cat and held out her hands to pick it up. The cat showed its claws and scratched Chloe’s hand. Maybe the cat was happy sleeping in the tree after all?

Write down 3 things that tell you the cat was happy to stay in the tree.

The volunteers worked tirelessly to raise money for the homeless shelter.

What does the word tirelessly mean? Tick one.

The volunteers were tired. The volunteers put in lots of energy and effort to raise money.

The volunteers gave up raising money.

The volunteers didn’t want to raise money.

Date: ___________________________

To make plausible predictions. 14

What do you think might happen next?

Polly and Max were best friends. One day they decided to go to the park. It was a glorious, sunny day. They were talking about what they were going to do when they got there. Suddenly, as they arrived near the gate to the park, the sun started to go away. The wind began to blow stronger and stronger and the sky grew dark.

What might happen next? Why do you think that?

Read the blurb from a book you haven’t read before and write down what you think might happen.

Name of the book: Your predictions:

Author:

Date: ___________________________

To make links between books.

15

Read these two stories and write down what is the same and different about them.

Little Red Riding Hood Three Little Pigs

Similarities Differences

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