Week beginning 22nd June 2020.

Suggested tasks for this week.

A conjunction is a word, or words, used to connect two clauses together. ... A subordinating clause is a part of a sentence that adds additional information to the main clause. A subordinating conjunction is simply the word/words that is used to join a subordinating clause to another clause or sentence. Subordinating conjunction M – Handwriting – alphabet T – Choose the correct subordinating conjunction and find out more using the weblink. W – Create own sentences that include subordinating conjunction. Th – Free Write that must include subordinating conjunction. F – Comprehension

Please complete the handwriting in your handwriting book, the subordinating conjunction tasks in your books and your comprehension on your sheets (if you can’t print, then write the questions out in your book and answer the questions – this is good handwriting practice).

Monday – Handwriting – alphabet

Remember to hold your pencil correctly and to sit correctly in your seat. Look at the examples to help you work on your cursive handwriting. Think about the

size and always start on the line. These letters should be the same size, be smaller than tall letters and should stay on the line.

We have worked on all these letters over the last couple of weeks. Look in the back of your diary to support you.

Examples

Tuesday – Subordinating conjunctions A conjunction is a word, or words, used to connect two clauses together. ... A subordinating clause is a part of a sentence that adds additional information to the main clause. A subordinating conjunction is simply the word/words that is used to join a subordinating clause to another clause or sentence. The main ones in Year 2 are when, because , if and that. Activity 1 – Watch this clip and complete the activity. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zqk37p3

Activity 2 –

Wednesday – Subordinating conjunctions – Create your own. A conjunction is a word, or words, used to connect two clauses together. ... A subordinating clause is a part of a sentence that adds additional information to the main clause. A subordinating conjunction is simply the word/words that is used to join a subordinating clause to another clause or sentence. The main ones in Year 2 are when, because , if and that.

Activity 1 –

Now create 5 of your own sentences that include subordinating conjunctions.

Activity 2 – Look through books, can you find 5 good examples of sentences that include subordinating conjunctions. Write these sentences out and underline the subordinating conjunctions in red.

Thursday – Free Write that must include subordinating conjunctions.

Now it is your turn.

You have a free write. You can write a short story (No more than 2 pages), a diary, a report, a fact file, a paragraph about something or anything else that you

fancy but you must add subordinating conjunctions. Can you add expanded noun phrases, co-ordinating conjunctions and time connectives that you learnt

over the last couple of weeks to improve your writing?

Once you have written your free write, go back and check it makes sense, that your handwriting is cursive, it is neat, it has full stops and capital letters in the

correct place and that you have subordinating conjunctions.

Don’t forget all of the skills you covered last term. Can you include them as well?

Friday – Comprehension

This week you have a 60 second comprehension. (Target is 90 words in 60 seconds in Year 2). This is to build up fluency. You have 60 seconds to read the text

and then onto answering the questions (The 60 seconds isn’t to answer the questions, just to read the text). Please go back to the text to support answering

the questions.

This week your comprehension is called :-

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