Year 2 Weekly English and Maths – 29/06/2020 – Harlow Green Community Primary School

English

In English, we will spend two days reading and comprehending the text; one day on the grammar focus and two days planning, writing and editing a text.

Text – Narrative (Story)

Share the story together: The Runaway Iceberg Story

This is the same story, but on one page to make finding the answers during the comprehension easier: The Runaway Iceberg Text

Comprehension

The Runaway Iceberg Comprehension Questions

The Runaway Iceberg Comprehension Answers

Grammar Focus

Your grammar focus this week is using suffixes. We are going to look at adding -ing, -ed and -er to verbs and adding -ful and -less to words to create adjectives.

Watch this video: BBC Suffixes

Go through this PowerPoint: Suffixes PowerPoint

Activities:

Suffixes – ing, ed and er

Suffixes – ful and less

Writing Task

Your task is to write the ending for the story we read on Monday (The Runaway Iceberg). Remind yourself of the story so far by reading it again.

You will need to decide what the penguins are going to try to do to get home (be as imaginative as you like!).

What I’m Looking For:

An exciting resolution to the penguins’ problem
Start the ending of your story with “All of a sudden”
A clear ending
Expanded noun phrases (describing words and nouns, e.g. the enormous iceberg)
Suffixes (-ing, -ed, -er, -ful and -less)
A variety of sentence starters

Resources to help:

The Runaway Iceberg Plan

The Runaway Iceberg Plan Example

Story Ending Example

Reading and Phonics

Children should spend 20 minutes at least three times per week using Lexia or Reading Plus.

Some children should take part in daily phonics from Ruth Miskin (this may be good for a recap of their phonics knowledge!)

Maths

In Maths, we will spend the week focusing on a particular topic e.g. shape or place value. Activities will then be set on Mathletics that are based upon this subject.