Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar SPAG Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

What is SPAG? End of key stage test Broken into two sections Spelling- worth 20 marks Punctuation and Grammar- worth 20 marks

How do we prepare the children for SPAG? SPAG and phonic sessions everyday for 30 mins Teachers recap a sound a day at the beginning to maintain phonic standard Rest of the session spent teaching SPAG Multi sensory Embedded within English lessons- children do not know they are learning SPAG!

What do we know about the spelling test? Children will be tested on 20 words Year 2 have a spelling list that the government has created- only year group in KS1 We can make a guess it is going to include: Spelling a number to 20 Day of the week Month of the year Common exception words

Punctuation Children will be expected to make the sentence correct- adding capital letter, full stop or adding question mark Tick the correct sentence Circle three words that need a capital letter Add in commas Which sentence needs an exclamation mark

Full stops and capital letters A sentence is a group of words that make sense. Every sentence should begin with a capital letter. Most sentences end with a full stop. Monkeys live in tress. Capital Letter Full stop

Punctuation- Question Mark We ask questions to find out things When you write a sentence that is a question you must put: Capital letter at the beginning A question mark at the end Could you help me? What time is it? Why do balloons go pop?

Punctuation- Exclamation marks An exclamation mark shows that writer feels strongly about something I really hate winter! Stop pinching me! Look out! What a lovely present!

Punctuation- Commas A comma tells us to pause. It is used to separate items in a list Here are the fierce tigers, slow camels, stripy zebras and tall giraffes. In a list we do not use a comma before the word and.

Brightly is the adverb. It tells us how the sun shone. Grammar- Adverbs Verb is a doing word- run, hop, skip, jump An adverb is a word that gives more meaning to a verb Many adverbs tell us how something happened The sun shone brightly Brightly is the adverb. It tells us how the sun shone. Many adverbs end in ly

Expanded Noun Phrases Expanded noun phrases add information to nouns (naming words). Your child will know these as adjectives They make the writing more interesting The spooky house on the hill

Sentences with different forms Statements are sentences that tell someone something and end with a full stop. The boy stood up. Questions are sentences that ask someone something and end with a question mark. Did the boy stand up? Commands are sentences that order someone to do something and end with an exclamation mark. Stand up!

Subordinating and Coordinating Conjunctions Conjunctions (used to be called connectives) are joining words and main function to link together two different parts of a sentence and/but/or are the three main coordinating conjunctions Join two clauses which are grammatically independent of each other and would make sense alone

Coordinating Conjunctions She’s already had two holidays this year. Now she wants another one She’s already had two holidays this year and now she wants another one. I had a terrible cold last week. I still went to work. I had a terrible cold last week, but I still went to work.

A subordinating conjunction joins a subordinate clause to a main clause. Words like if, when, because, since, although are subordinating conjunctions Subordinate clause are dependent on the main clause in some way and do not stand on their own

Subordinating Clause If you feel thirsty or hungry, help yourself to anything at all in the fridge and freezer. I helped myself to an ice-cold beer and a pizza from the freezer while they were away.