Year 2 - English
Reviewing more high frequency words, no lead-ins
Handwriting review, with no lead-ins
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils review handwriting skills, focusing on formation, size, and orientation. They practise forming proper nouns, high frequency words, common exception words and full sentences. Pupils also focus on using even spacing between letters and using lead outs accurately.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to write high frequency words using cursive handwriting.
Key Notes
- High frequency words are words that appear most frequently in written texts.
- Letters in the high frequency words will be joined using a range of joins depending on the letters in the word.
- You start at the correct starting point for the first letter.
- There is appropriate spacing between the letters.
- You don't lift your pencil until the letter string is complete.
Vocabulary To Learn
- high frequency word: the words that appear most frequently in written texts
- join: connecting together
- lead out: the stroke or line that guides us to smoothly finish a letter
- starting point: the starting point is the place where we begin to write a letter
- letter string: a group of letters that are written together in a word
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children may want to lift their pencil to add the 'dot' to the letter i or the 'cross' to the letter t half-way through the word.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
High frequency words are words that appear most frequently in written texts. Letters in the high frequency words will be joined using a range of joins depending on the letters in the word.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'high frequency word'
the words that appear most frequently in written texts.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Children may want to lift their pencil to add the 'dot' to the letter i or the 'cross' to the letter t half-way through the word. Correction: Remind the children through modelling that the flow of joining is like a river. It only stops at the end or if there is a break letter. Once you complete the letter string, model thinking out loud 'is there anything I need to add to this word?'.
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