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St James Catholic

Primary School

In the loving peace, justice and joy of Jesus, we achieve.

Year 2

 

 

 

YEAR 2

Autumn 1

Claude in the City  by Alex T. Smith

The Owl and the Pussycat

Limericks

By Edward Lear

Autumn 2

Moth  by Isabel Thomas  and Daniel Egnéus

Traction Man is Here  by Mini Grey

 

Spring 1

The Storm Whale by Benjii Davies

Spring 2

Rapunzel  by Bethan Woollvin

 

Summer 1

Poems to Perform  by Julia Donaldson

The Last Wolf by Mini Grey

 

Summer 2

Anna Hibiscus  by Atinuke  and Lauren Tobia

Literary Forms

- Humorous illustrated novel

- Classic poetry

- Non-fiction

- Picturebook with comic book conventions 

-Illustrated novel

- Traditional tale

-Poetry anthology

-Picture book

-Illustrated novel

 

5 Plagues of the developing reader:

Characteristics of text complexity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to Main

NC Area of Learning

- Art and Design and History:

At the Museum

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- Science: Animal adaptation and changes in the locality

- Design and Technology: Toys with moving parts  

Science: Explore and investigate the natural features and wildlife of a seaside environment.

- History:

Significant Women 

-Science:

The Natural Environment

 

 

-Geography:

Contrasting locality - Nigeria

 

PSED & Human Themes

- Friendship and loyalty

- Friendship 

 

-  Looking after our environment

- Being imaginative

-Explore feelings of loss and loneliness.

- Challenging stereotypes

-Expressing ourselves

taking care of each other and our local environment to preserve our planet and the creatures who inhabit it.

-Families and belonging

 

Reading:

Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Strategies

- Environmental sound discrimination

Teaching the Complex Code 

– linking spelling and reading

Building reading stamina 

Reading illustration

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- Alliteration and assonance Environmental sound discrimination

Building reading stamina and fluency through re-reading

Close reading and scanning

Reading illustration

- Voice sounds in play

Revision of Basic Code and high

frequency words

Reading illustration that adds

meaning

Reading aloud

Visualising

Responding to illustration

Drama and Role-Play

Freeze Frame and Thought Tracking

Role on the Wall

Book Talk: ‘Tell Me’

Oral storytelling

- Voice sounds

Developing fluency using

repetitive refrain Reading illustration

Developing inference Developing experience by making intertextual connections

-Rhythm, rhyme and body

percussion

Alliteration and assonance Onomatopoeic words: revision of consonant clusters through teaching the Complex Code

Performance reading

- Response to Illustration

 Storytelling

 Reading Aloud

Readers Theatre

Developing Enquiry  Visualisation

Book Talk

Debate and Discussion

Prediction

Developing inference

Alliteration and assonance Environmental sound discrimination

Building reading stamina and fluency through re-reading

Developing inference

Reading illustration

 

National Curriculum

Vocabulary, Grammar,

Punctuation (and Spelling)

  • Formation of nouns using suffixes and by compounding; formation of adjectives using suffixes; use of suffixes for comparative and superlative adjectives and to turn adjectives into adverbs.
  • Subordination and co-ordination; expanded noun phrases for description and specification; how the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as a statement, question, exclamation or command.
  • Correct choice and consistent use of past and present tense throughout writing; using progressive form of verbs in present and past tense to mark actions in progress.
  • Using capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences; using commas to separate items in a list; apostrophes to mark where letters are missing in spelling and to mark singular possession in nouns.
  • Terminology: noun, noun phrase, statement, question exclamation, command, compound, suffix, adjective, adverb, verb, past and present tense, apostrophe, comma.

Language Competency: through reading,

talk and writing

- Investigating spelling patterns Subordinate and co-ordinate clauses (including fronted adverbials)

Adjectives and adverbial phrases 

Auxiliary verbs  Past tense including progressive form

Expanded noun phrases Language for effect: humour and ambiguity

Investigating spelling patterns

Book Talk

 

- Explanatory voice

Rhyming pairs – onset and rime Descriptive and scientific

language

Present tense, including  progressive

Determiners

Investigating spelling patterns

Book Talk

- Present tense including progressive form

Adjectives and adverbial phrases 

Dialogue

Statement and exclamation sentences – patterns, prosody Practising segmenting and

investigating spelling patterns

Compounding words

Reading aloud

Visualising

Responding to illustration

Drama and Role-Play

Freeze Frame and Thought Tracking

Role on the Wall

Looking at Language

Book Talk: ‘Tell Me’

Oral storytelling

- Storytelling language: innovated

traditional tale 

Past tense consistency Subordinated and  co-ordinated sentences

Adverbials

Dynamic verb choices

Book Talk

 

-Poetic language

Expressive and figurative

language

Language and word play

Expanded noun phrases

Investigating spelling patterns

Book Talk

- use sentences in different forms

expand noun phrases to describe and specify

use past and present tense correctly and consistently

use simple conjunctions to link subordinate and co-ordinating clauses

-Storytelling language

Expanded noun phrases Subordinate and co-ordinate

clauses

Present and past, including

progressive

Dialogue

Investigating spelling patterns

Book Talk

 

Extended Writing Outcomes

- Recounts, newspaper report, narrative

- Limericks

- Explanation text

- Narrative recount

To write in role in order to explore and develop empathy for a character.

- Alternative fairy tale

-Poetry in a range of forms Information Writing

Persuasive Speech

Writing in Role

-Illustrated storybook

Reading for Pleasure text

The Iron Man by Ted Hughes

There’s a Pharaoh in my Bath by Jeremy Strong

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol

Fantastic Mr Fox

Roald Dahl

 

 

 

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