Spelling and Grammar

Spelling

School uses the Read Write Inc. spelling programme across Key Stage 2 to further develop children’s learning of spelling. This works alongside their learning in reading and writing. The programme follows many of the approaches and strategies from the Read Write Inc. phonics programme so is familiar in learning style for the children.

At the start of the Autumn term, each child is assigned to a spelling group that best suits their current level. As the scheme progresses, constant assessment will take place to ensure children are moved into different groups as and when suitable.

The new scheme follows a 5 session plan with particular activities happening in each session. These sessions explore not just a particular sound pattern but also word families, suffixes and prefixes applicable to those words, and, of course, the spelling.

Each child will have a log book to record words they find tricky and it is these that they will need to practise at home. These will travel to and from school and the children are expected to practice these. Depending on how tricky they found the words that week, you are likely to find that the number of words they need to practise will vary from week to week. Read Write Inc. Spellings allows a constant cycle of practise, games and application and allow children to see their progress.

Additionally, at the end of a group of units (timings vary per class), children will be given an opportunity to showcase their progress in an assessment of 20 words, which will also include learning from previous year groups.

As always, we ask that you encourage your child to access their log book frequently and practise their words in whichever way they prefer. Children now have access to additional ‘Extra Practice Zone’ online and have a suggested timetable to activities to complete for each week. This can be found in the back of their spelling log books.

Follow the Spelling link from the home page to access the parent information on how to use the 'Extra Practice Zone.'

School has introduced Place value for Punctuation and Grammar as a scheme to structure additional learning to complimnet the punctuation and grammar focus within daily writing lessons. 

This structured approcah compliments direct instructional teaching approaches applied in comprehension, writing and maths which we have found to be impactful with our children. The lessons focus on the role of words within sentences and how the order and composition effects meaning. Children learn the component parts of sentences such as nouns and adjectives and the place value of those words in a sentence.

the structure and learning means that children can be secure in their understanding and successful in each lesson. They have a bank of knowledge to apply when writing their own sentences in any context.

The plans attached below show a linear progression of lessons covering punctuation and grammar.