Y2 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
What are Adverbs? Lesson
This What are Adverbs? lesson covers the prior learning of verbs, before moving onto the main skill of understanding adverbs.
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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2 Teaching Support
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Teaching PowerPoint
This teaching PowerPoint guides pupils through the prior learning of verbs, before moving onto the main skill of understanding adverbs. 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 1 – Word Classes 2
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.
1 Prior Learning
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Prior Learning Activity
This What are Adverbs? Prior Learning Activity recaps the prior learning of verbs before moving onto the main skill of adverbs.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 1 Verbs Game is designed to check pupils’ understanding of identifying verbs.
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.
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, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of using adverbs.
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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 What are Adverbs? 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.
