Reading in Year 2

Here is a link to "Best Books for Year 2" pupils 

https://www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/recommended-reads/year-2/ 

​ ​​ We use VIPERS to teach our reading skills: 

• Vocabulary
• Infer
• Predict
• Explain
• Retrieve
• Summarise/Sequence 

Here are the Oxford Reading Levels. In Year 2 children usually start on Level 7 and aim to reach Level 12 by the end of the year. 

Working at the Expected Standard at the end of KS1 

Here are some examples of children working at the expected standard in reading at the end of Year 2. 

Phonics and Spelling in Year 2

This shows how we teach Phonics using Essential Letters and Sounds and how you can help at home. 

Year 1 and 2 Common Exception Words

Click this link to access a list of the Year 1 and 2 Common Exception Words children need to be able to read and spell. /_site/data/files/users/16/E1C5DA75A233332C6D843B6B1FC16475.pdf

Phonics: How to pronounce pure sounds | Oxford Owl

Learn how to pronounce all 44 phonic sounds, or phonemes, used in the English language.

ELS: Phase 2 pronunciation

Essential Letters and Sounds or ELS is a synthetic phonics programme for learning to read. In this video you can hear the pronunciation of the phase 2 sounds.

ELS: Phase 3 pronunciation

Essential Letters and Sounds or ELS is a synthetic phonics programme for learning to read. In this video you can hear the pronunciation of the phase 3 sounds.

ELS: Phase 5 pronunciation

Essential Letters and Sounds or ELS is a synthetic phonics programme for learning to read. In this video you can hear the pronunciation of the phase 5 sounds.

 

WMaths in Year 2

Here are some videos explaining how we teach calculation in Year 2. 

Number and Place Value 

Addition and Subtraction