St Jude’s EYFS & KS1 Grammar Workshop Monday 23rd January 2017

Useful websites www.theschoolrun.com - good for explaining grammar, punctuation and spelling rules. learnenglish.britishcouncil.org – good explanations, some activities. BBC Bitesize – child friendly with explanations and activities to support. Ways to help at home:

Work together.

If you are not sure, look up the term together – online or in a book.

Discuss different grammar, spelling and punctuation points where they arise.

Use the correct terms where possible. Year 1: Detail of content to be introduced (statutory requirement)

Word Regular plural noun suffixes –s or –es [for example, dog, dogs; wish, wishes], including the effects of these suffixes on the meaning of the noun Suffixes that can be added to verbs where no change is needed in the spelling of root words (e.g. helping, helped, helper) How the prefix un– changes the meaning of verbs and adjectives [negation, for example, unkind, or undoing: untie the boat]

Sentence How words can combine to make sentences Joining words and joining clauses using and

Text Sequencing sentences to form short narratives

Punctuation Separation of words with spaces Introduction to capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences Capital letters for names and for the personal pronoun I

Terminology for pupils letter, capital letter word, singular, plural sentence punctuation, full stop, question mark, exclamation mark

Year 2: Detail of content to be introduced (statutory requirement)

Word Formation of nouns using suffixes such as –ness, –er and by compounding [for example, whiteboard, superman] Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as –ful, –less (A fuller list of suffixes can be found on page 56 in the year 2 spelling section in English Appendix 1) Use of the suffixes –er, –est in adjectives and the use of –ly in Standard English to turn adjectives into adverbs

Sentence Subordination (using when, if, that, because) and co-ordination (using or, and, but) Expanded noun phrases for description and specification [for example, the blue butterfly, plain flour, the man in the moon] How the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as a statement, question, exclamation or command

Text Correct choice and consistent use of present tense and past tense throughout writing Use of the progressive form of verbs in the present and past tense to mark actions in progress [for example, she is drumming, he was shouting]

Punctuation Use of capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences Commas to separate items in a list Apostrophes to mark where letters are missing in spelling and to mark singular possession in nouns [for example, the girl’s name]

Terminology for pupils noun, noun phrase statement, question, exclamation, command compound, suffix adjective, adverb, verb tense (past, present) apostrophe, comma

Comparative and Superlative The comparative form is used to compare one person, thing, action or state to another: The superlative form is used to compare one thing to all the others in the same category; in other words, when the comparison is taken to the highest degree possible, for example: The comparative and superlative are formed differently depending on the word's positive form (original adjective). Class 1: • Usually we add the suffixes -er and -est: warm / warmer / warmest Class 2: • When the adjective ends in -e we drop it and add -er and -est: large / larger / largest • Adjectives that end in one consonant double it before adding -er and -est:

red / redder / reddest

• Adjectives ending in -y change it to i and add -er and -est: juicy / juicier / juiciest

Source: http://www.theschoolrun.com/what-are-comparatives-and-superlatives

Spelling Games

Spelling Games

Use sign language finger spelling to sign the

spelling of your words.

Search for ‘British Sign Language finger

spelling’ online for picture dictionaries.

Have two teams battle it out to spell a

word. Give the word them each team takes

it in turns to say a letter. This could be

played in pairs or larger groups.

Spelling Tennis

Write your words and then illustrate them.

elephant

Illustrate

Categorise spellings according to parts of

speech or the number of syllables they

have.

Categorise

Exchange spelling lists with a partner.

Write each spelling word, but leave out

every other letter and put a blank in its

place. Write a synonym next to each word

as a clue. Exchange lists so that you have

your own list. Race to see who can fill in the

missing letters first.

f_r_s_ (woods)

Cloze the Gap

One person says a word. The others must

race to find it in their dictionary. The first

person to find the word, chooses the next

word.

Dictionary Race