1. Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
SPAG
Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

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

3. 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!

4. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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?

10. 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!

11. 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.

15. 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

18. 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

20. 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!

23. 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

24. 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.

25. 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

26. 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.