Y2 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
This Adding -ly lesson covers the prior learning of recognising adjectives in sentences, before moving onto the main skill of adding -ly.
The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. If they need more practice, you can choose other resources for that step. 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: (2G1.6) Use of –ly in Standard English to turn adjectives into adverbs
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This teaching PowerPoint guides pupils through the prior learning of recognising adjectives in sentences, before moving onto the main skill of adding -ly. There are some modelled varied fluency and application and reasoning questions included at the end.
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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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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 5 small steps with guidance for teaching.
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In this Using the Suffix -ly Video Tutorial, Katie explains how this suffix can be added to the end of a word to change its function.
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This Adding -ly Prior Learning Activity recaps the prior learning of recognising adjectives in sentences before moving onto the main skill of adding -ly.
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This Year 2 Adjectives in Sentences Game is designed to check pupils’ understanding of using adjectives in sentences.
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This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to support the teaching of this step.
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This Year 2 Using –ly Flash Cards Game aims to support pupils’ understanding of suffixes.
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This application task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the Adding-ly lesson.
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This main activity includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of adding -ly to create adverbs.
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This differentiated worksheet includes application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
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This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.