Y2 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
Full Stops, Question Marks and Exclamation Marks Lesson
This Full Stops, Question Marks and Exclamation Marks lesson covers the prior learning of using full stops and exclamation marks, as well as recognising and using questions, before moving onto the main skill of recognising sentence types and applying the correct punctuation mark.
The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. 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 2: (2G5.2) Use of full stops to demarcate sentences
English Year 2: (2G5.3) Use of question marks to demarcate sentences
English Year 2: (2G5.4) Use of exclamation marks to demarcate sentences
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2 Teaching Support
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Lesson Slides
These lesson slides guide pupils through the prior learning of using full stops and exclamation marks, as well as recognising and using questions, before moving onto the main skill of recognising sentence types and applying the correct punctuation mark. There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.
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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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Scheme of Work
This is a free scheme of work for Year 2 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. This resource is the first block in the teaching sequence and includes 6 small steps with guidance for teaching.
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Lesson Slides
These are the same as the lesson slides on Classroom Secrets. You can assign this as an activity for pupils to access individually in school or remotely from home.
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Video Tutorial
This Full Stops Video Tutorial explains how to punctuate sentences using full stops.
1 Prior Learning
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Prior Learning Activity
This Full Stops, Question Marks and Exclamation Marks Prior Learning Activity recaps the prior learning of using full stops and exclamation marks, as well as recognising and using questions, before moving onto the main skill of recognising sentence types and applying the correct punctuation mark.
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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.
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Interactive Activity
This Questions Year 1 Game aims to support pupils’ understanding of recognising questions.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 1 Exclamation Marks Activity gives your pupils the opportunity to show that they are beginning to understand and use exclamation marks.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 1 Using Exclamation Marks Game checks pupils’ understanding of when to use an exclamation mark within their writing.
2 Varied Fluency
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Varied Fluency
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to support the teaching of this step.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 2 Full Stops, Question Marks and Exclamation Marks Game is designed to check pupils' ability to use the correct punctuation mark to complete a sentence.
2 Application
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Application and Reasoning
This differentiated worksheet includes application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
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Mixed Activity
This main activity includes varied fluency, application and reasoning questions for pupils to practise the main skill of using full stops, question marks and exclamation marks.
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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 Full Stops, Question Marks and Exclamation Marks lesson.
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.
