Y2 parents meeting

1. Writing in
Year 2

2. punctuation
spelling
handwriting
grammar
ideas

3. handwriting
•Join lower case letters and leave capital letters unjoined.
•Write capital letters taller than lower case letters.
•Write on the lines.
•Write descenders under the line all the same length
(f, g, j, p, q, y)
•Write ascenders taller than other lower case letters and
make them all the same height (b, d, h, k, l, t)

4. Types of Writing
Shared writing with the teacher: closely modeled.
Together, the teacher and children compose and punctuate
writing.
Guided writing: the teacher provides a scaffold or frame to
support the children’s ideas.
Editing: the children are asked to proof read their writing
and to correct punctuation, spelling or meaning errors.
Half termly independent writing assessment: genres
include story, instructions, letter, recount, report

5. How do we measure progress?
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
1C
1B
1A
2C
2B
2A
3C
3B
NC
3A
National
Average
at the
end of
Year 1
National
Average
at the
end of
Year 2
Last year of SATs 2014.
Age related expectations are higher than these

6. Writing SATs May 2014
Two assessed pieces:
Long write: eg report Short Write: character profile
Marking the Assessments:
Sentence structure: 9 marks
Punctuation: 4 marks
Composition and Effect: 17 marks
Spelling: 7 marks
Handwriting: 3 marks

7. How to Help at Home ~ Writing
• Dinosaur spelling words.
• Writing in homework books.
Post messages on the blog: don’t worry about
the spelling; if it’s offensive, we will amend