Tag Archives: grammar

Idea 250: SPaG Lesson on Questions: FREE Resources!

Posted on January 11, 2017 by theplews

This would work well as a ‘refresher’ lesson for Year 2 (questions are one of the four question types Year 2 are supposed to be using) and makes sure children get chance to see the unusual word order found in … Continue reading →

Posted in English, Resources Included | Tagged elementary, english, grammar, key stage one, primary, question marks, questions, SPaG, year 1, year 2 | Leave a comment

Idea 246: Fun ‘Word Type’ Poetry Activity with FREE Downloadable Worksheet

Posted on November 30, 2016 by theplews

This is a lesson I did based on a Pie Corbett idea. We’d already introduced nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs to the children but I felt they could use a lesson where they got to practise their knowledge. In this … Continue reading →

Posted in English, Resources Included | Tagged adjectives, adverbs, elementary, english, grammar, key stage one, literacy, nouns, primary, SPaG, verbs, word types, year 2 | Leave a comment

Idea 245: Self-Checking Differentiated Conjunctions Challenge Sheets

Posted on November 23, 2016 by theplews

Whenever I teach a Maths or Grammar lesson I like the children to receive any corrective feedback there and then, rather than perhaps going and making a mistake repeatedly and not finding out about it until the next lesson. To … Continue reading →

Posted in English, Resources Included | Tagged conjunctions, elementary, first grade, grammar, key stage one, ks1, primary, year 2 | Leave a comment

Idea 244: Adverbs with ‘ly’ suffix challenge sheet

Posted on November 16, 2016 by theplews

I taught a lesson introducing adverbs and began by focussing on adverbs with the ‘ly’ suffix, such as ‘gently’ or ‘slowly’, as this is one of the suffixes children are supposed to be using in Year 2. My lesson outline … Continue reading →

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Idea 207: Noun, Verb, Adjectives Register Review

Posted on November 18, 2015 by theplews

A lovely simple idea I’ve been using to review word types. I introduced the class to nouns in a short grammar lesson, then to make sure we keep revisiting the term I asked the children to choose one noun to … Continue reading →

Posted in English | Tagged adjectives, elementary, first grade, grammar, key stage one, key stage two, ks1, ks2, nouns, primary, register, SPaG, verbs, word types | Leave a comment