Compound Nouns Year 2 Suffixes Free Resource Pack

Compound Nouns Year 2 Resources

Step 1: Compound Nouns Year 2 Spring Block 5 Resources

Compound Nouns Year 2 Resource Pack includes a teaching PowerPoint and differentiated varied fluency and application and reasoning resources. This pack is designed to work alongside our GPS Scheme of Work for Spring Block 5.

What's included in the pack?

This pack includes:

  • Compound Nouns Year 2 Teaching PowerPoint.
  • Compound Nouns Year 2 Varied Fluency with answers.
  • Compound Nouns Year 2 Application and Reasoning with answers.

National Curriculum Objectives

English Year 2 (2G6.3) Formation of nouns using suffixes such as –ness, –er and by compounding [for example, whiteboard, superman]

English Year 2 (2G6.3) Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as –ful, –less (A fuller list of suffixes can be found in the year 2 spelling section in English Appendix 1)

Terminology for pupils:

(2G6.3) suffix

Differentiation:

Varied Fluency
Developing Questions to support combining nouns to make compound nouns. Includes simple compound nouns where the words have a similar meaning. (For example: football, snowman, playground, hairbrush, toothbrush, superman).
Expected Questions to support combining nouns to make compound nouns. Includes compound nouns where the two nouns are joined but the meaning is not the same. (For example: strawberry, greenhouse, earthworm).
Greater Depth Questions to support combining nouns to make compound nouns. Includes less common compound nouns where the nouns are joined but the meaning is not the same. (For example: rainbow, suitcase, scarecrow).

Application and Reasoning
Questions 1, 4 and 7 (Application)
Developing Create a sentence that includes a compound noun made from given nouns where the words have a similar meaning. (For example: football, snowman, playground, hairbrush, toothbrush, superman)
Expected Create a sentence that includes a compound noun made from given nouns where the meaning is not the same. (For example: strawberry, greenhouse, earthworm).
Greater Depth Create a sentence that includes two compound nouns made from given nouns where the meaning is not the same. Includes less common compound nouns where the nouns are joined but the meaning is not the same. (For example: rainbow, suitcase, scarecrow).

Questions 2, 5 and 8 (Application)
Developing Underline and correct a mistake in a sentence when combining nouns to make compound nouns. Includes simple compound nouns where the words have a similar meaning.
Expected Underline and correct mistakes in a sentence when combining nouns to make compound nouns. Includes compound nouns where the two nouns are joined but the meaning is not the same.
Greater Depth Underline and correct mistakes in a sentence when combining nouns to make compound nouns. Includes less common compound nouns where the nouns are joined but the meaning is not the same.

Questions 3, 6 and 9 (Reasoning)
Developing Explain whether a statement is correct and explain why when combining nouns to make compound nouns. Includes simple compound nouns where the words have a similar meaning.
Expected Explain whether a statement is correct and explain why when combining nouns to make compound nouns. Includes compound nouns where the two nouns are joined but the meaning is not the same.
Greater Depth Explain whether a statement is correct and explain why when combining nouns to make compound nouns. Includes less common compound nouns where the nouns are joined but the meaning is not the same.

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