Year 2 Using Simple Contractions Homework Extension Apostrophes

Step 2: Year 2 Using Simple Contractions Homework Extension Year 2 Spring Block 2

Year 2 Using Simple Contractions Homework Extension provides additional questions which can be used as homework or an in-class extension for the Year 2 Using Simple Contractions Resource Pack. These are differentiated for Developing, Expected and Greater Depth.

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This pack includes:

• Year 2 Using Simple Contractions Homework Extension with answers for Year 2 Spring Block 2.

National Curriculum Objectives:

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:

• English Year 2: (2G5.8) apostrophe

Differentiation:

Questions 1, 4 and 7 (Varied Fluency)
Developing Use underlined word pairs to make contractions. Using 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 Use underlined word pairs to make contractions. Using words with up to 2 letters replaced with an apostrophe, e.g. can’t, isn’t, could’ve.
Greater Depth Use underlined word pairs to make contractions. Using words with 2 or more letters replaced with an apostrophe, e.g. they’d; some use of irregular contractions e.g. won’t and contractions that can represent different omitted letters depending on their context, e.g. he’d – he had or he would.

Questions 2, 5 and 8 (Varied Fluency)
Developing Choose the correct word pair and contract it to complete a sentence. Using 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 Choose the correct word pair and contract it to complete a sentence. Using words with up to 2 letters replaced with an apostrophe, e.g. can’t, isn’t, could’ve.
Greater Depth Choose the correct word pair and contract it to complete a sentence. Using words with 2 or more letters replaced with an apostrophe, e.g. they’d; some use of irregular contractions e.g. won’t and contractions that can represent different omitted letters depending on their context, e.g. he’d – he had or he would.

Questions 3, 6 and 9 (Application and Reasoning)
Developing Find and correct contractions in a short piece of writing. Using 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 Find and correct contractions in a short piece of writing. Using words with up to 2 letters replaced with an apostrophe, e.g. can’t, isn’t, could’ve.
Greater Depth Find and correct contractions in a short piece of writing. Using words with 2 or more letters replaced with an apostrophe, e.g. they’d; some use of irregular contractions e.g. won’t and contractions that can represent different omitted letters depending on their context, e.g. he’d – he had or he would.

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