Recognising Simple Contractions Year 2 Resource Pack includes a teaching PowerPoint and differentiated varied fluency and application and reasoning resources. This pack is designed to work alongside our GPS Scheme of Work for Spring Block 2.
This pack includes:
Terminology for pupils:
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]
Terminology for pupils:
Differentiation:
Varied Fluency
Developing Questions to support recognising simple contractions and understanding that apostrophes mark where letters are missing. Includes words with up to 3 letters when contracted and with up to 2 letters replaced with an apostrophe, e.g. I’ll, he’s, it’s.
Expected Questions to support recognising simple contractions and understanding that apostrophes mark where letters are missing. Includes words with up to 2 letters replaces with an apostrophe, e.g. can’t, isn’t, could’ve.
Greater Depth Questions to support recognising simple contractions and understanding that apostrophes mark where letters are missing. Includes words with 2 or more letters replaced with an apostrophe and some use of irregular contractions, e.g. won’t. Also includes contractions that can represent different omitted letters depending on their context, e.g. he’d – he had or he would.
Application and Reasoning
Questions 1, 4 and 7 (Application)
Developing Identify which words can be joined to make a simple contraction. Includes words with up to 3 letters when contracted and with up to 2 letters replaced with an apostrophe, e.g. I’ll, he’s, it’s.
Expected Identify which words can be joined to make a simple contraction. Includes words with up to 2 letters replaced with an apostrophe, e.g. can’t, isn’t, could’ve.
Greater Depth Identify which words can be joined to make a simple contraction. Includes words with 2 or more letters replaced with an apostrophe and some use of irregular contractions, e.g. won’t. Also includes contractions that can represent different omitted letters depending on their context, e.g. he he’d – he had or he would.
Questions 2, 5 and 8 (Reasoning)
Developing Explain if a contraction could be used within a sentence. Includes words with up to 3 letters when contracted and with up to 2 letters replaced with an apostrophe.
Expected Explain if a contraction could be used within a sentence. Includes words with up to 2 letters replaced with an apostrophe.
Greater Depth Explain if a contraction could be used in two separate sentences with different contexts.
Questions 3, 6 and 9 (Application)
Developing Complete the sentence by using the correct simple contraction from the word bank (3 words provided). Includes words with up to 3 letters when contracted and with up to 2 letters replaced with an apostrophe.
Expected Complete the sentence by using the correct simple contractions from the word bank (4 words provided). Includes words with up to 2 letters replaced with an apostrophe.
Greater Depth Using different word pairs, write two sentences containing the same contraction, e.g. he’d – he had and he would.
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