Recognising Simple Contractions Year 2 Apostrophes Free Resource Pack

Different Types of Verbs Year 2 Resources

Step 1: Recognising Simple Contractions Year 2 Spring Block 2 Resources

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.

What's included in the pack?

This pack includes:

  • Recognising Simple Contractions Year 2 Teaching PowerPoint.
  • Recognising Simple Contractions Year 2 Varied Fluency with answers.
  • Recognising Simple Contractions Year 2 Application and Reasoning with answers.

National Curriculum Objectives

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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