Y1 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
One Word Only Lesson
This One Word Only lesson covers the prior learning of using full stops, before moving onto the main skill of using one word exclamations.
The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning with engaging reasoning and application tasks.
National Curriculum Objective
English Year 1: (1G5.4) Introduction to exclamation marks to demarcate sentences
English Year 1: (1G5.4) Beginning to punctuate sentences using an exclamation mark
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2 Teaching Support
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Teaching PowerPoint
This teaching PowerPoint guides pupils through the prior learning of using full stops, before moving onto the main skill of One Word Only. There are some modelled varied fluency and application and reasoning questions included at the end.
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Modelling PowerPoint
This PowerPoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the varied fluency and application and reasoning worksheets as part of this lesson.
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Free Year 1 GPS Scheme of Work Spring Block 2 – Exclamations
This is a free scheme of work for Year 1 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. This resource is the second block in the teaching sequence and includes 3 small steps with guidance for teaching.
1 Prior Learning
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Prior Learning Activity
This One Word Only Prior Learning Activity recaps the prior learning of using full stops, before moving onto the main skill of using one word exclamations.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 1 Punctuation Game gives your pupils the opportunity to show that they are beginning to understand and use full stops.
2 Varied Fluency
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Mixed Activity
This main activity includes varied fluency, reasoning and application questions for pupils to practise the main skill of using one word only.
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Varied Fluency
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to support the teaching of this step.
2 Application
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Application
This application task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the One Word Only lesson.
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Application and Reasoning
This differentiated worksheet includes application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
2 Homework
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Homework
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
