St Mary’s Key Stage One English Evening

Wednesday 30th September

Aims

• To give you an understanding of how we teach different aspects of Literacy in FS/KS1 at St Mary’s, including the teaching of Phonics, SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) and Guided Reading.

• To give you an understanding of the Literacy scheme we follow throughout the school: ‘Power of Reading’.

• To give you the opportunity to take part in some of the activities your children will be doing in school.

Key Stage One SPaG

• Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar taught both discretely and as part of Literacy lessons.

• Spelling:Year 1 continue to follow the RWInc. Programme, including ‘alien words’ and Handwriting (Phonics Screening Test meeting in the Spring Term)

Year 2 consolidate sounds then move on to spelling patterns and rules.

For example…..

How many words can you think of containing the digraph ‘ai’ in 30 seconds?

Year 2 Spelling cont.

• Compound words• Changing words from singular to plural• Changing words from present tense to past tense• Using syllables to support spelling.• Games/activities

For example…..

some board

every time

play where

white one

cup ground

How many words can you find within the word:

CELEBRATION

These words have been scrambled up! Can you unscramble them?

dgolpya

cubesea

KS1 Punctuation

• Taught during Literacy lessons.• Using texts to support.• Adding correct punctuation to texts

• Playdough punctuation• Kung Fu punctuation

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1fNGjLkyD0

KS1 Grammar

• More emphasis in the New Curriculum, separate test for SPaG in the End of KS1 SATs.

• Adjectives, Nouns, Conjunctions, Verbs and Adverbs• Past and Present Tense• Singular and Plural forms• Statements, Commands and Exclamations

For example….

Yay there’s cake! I have a cake.

Pass me the cake.

Power of Reading

• Focus on one quality text for a 3-4 week period.

• Drama, reading aloud, retelling, writing in role, predicting, newspaper articles, recounts, instructions, information texts, poetry, extended writing, art, letter writing, persuasive writing.

Before:Exploring ideas

•Talk and discussion•Playing the story•Role-play•Retelling•Drawing•Mapping•Shared writing

During:Shaping for purpose and audience

•Shared writing•Response and editing partners•Talking about process• Reading own writing aloud•Commenting on each others work•Sharing ideas•Collaborative writing

After:Evaluating and valuing

•Talking about the process as a writer: child-teacher; child-child

Polishing

•Support for spelling•Rewriting for a purposeCelebrating achievement•Publishing•Book-making•Performing the writing for others to enjoy

Thank you for coming!Any questions?