Y2 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
Plural or Possessive? Lesson
This Plural or Possessive? lesson covers the prior learning of applying using apostrophes to show possession, before moving onto the main skill of recognising plural and possessive nouns.
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 2: (2G5.8) Apostrophes to mark where letters are missing in spelling and to mark singular possession in nouns [for example, the girl’s name]
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2 Teaching Support
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Teaching PowerPoint
This teaching PowerPoint guides pupils through the prior learning of using apostrophes to show possession, before moving onto the main skill of Plural or Possessive?. 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 2 GPS Scheme of Work Spring Block 2 – Apostrophes
This is a free scheme of work for Year 2 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. This resource is the second block in the teaching sequence and includes 4 small steps with guidance for teaching.
1 Prior Learning
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Prior Learning Activity
This Plural or Possessive Prior Learning Activity recaps the prior learning of using apostrophes to show possession, before moving onto the main skill of recognising plural and possessive nouns.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 2 GPS Introducing Possession activity checks pupils’ understanding of using apostrophes for possession.
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 Plural or Possession activity comprises questions designed to test pupils’ understanding of adding s for plurals and adding ‘s to show possession.
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 Plural or Possessive lesson.
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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, reasoning and application questions for pupils to practise the main skill of using plural and possessive nouns.
2 Homework
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Worksheet
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
